Rectal Cancer

Studies from Kinki University, Medical Department in the area of rectal cancer described

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 19th, 2009

In this recently published article, scientists in Osaka, Japan conducted a study "To investigate mesorectal fat invasion as a prognostic factor for T3N0 low rectal adenocarcinoma following sharp mesorectal excision. Subjects consisted of 26 patients who had a potential curative excision of a T3N0 low rectal adenocarcinoma without neoadjuvant therapy between August 1988 and April 2003."

"Histological preparations were used to measure depth of mesorectal invasion, which was analyzed for associations with disease-free survival and recurrence. Five-year overall survival and disease-free survival were 64.8% and 57.1%, respectively. Ten patients developed recurrent disease;...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-19)

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