title: [Cancer of the right colon: biological features and extent of the surgical resection].
abstract: Right-sided colon cancer therapy is based upon right hemicolectomy, which is a well established surgical technique. Considering the possibility of biological diversity in cancer arising from the caecum, ascending colon and transverse colon, this retrospective study analysed age, sex, grading, T, N, M and mortality to evaluate the biological characteristics of the cancers and their level of local and general diffusion with a view to establishing any correlation between these characteristics and the advisability of employing different surgical procedures for the different sites. Cancer arising from the sites considered does not seem to present different biological aspects and therefore a different surgical procedure is not authorized. Our data show that a significant majority of cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage as compared to earlier stages (P < 0.05) and that early detection of these cancers is the best way of improving the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia, Ospedale di Stato, Via Scialoja, 20, 47893 Borgo Maggiore, Repubblica di San Marino.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubbini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies