Colon Cancer

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have published new data on colon cancer

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, September 2nd, 2007

According to recent research published in the journal Gynecologic Oncology, "We sought to further elucidate the survival impact of cytoreductive surgery among patients with colon cancer metastatic to the ovary. All women diagnosed with primary colon cancer metastatic to the ovary at a single institution from 1980 to 2005 were retrospectively identified."

"Survival analyses and comparisons were performed using Kaplan-Meier plots and the log rank test. A total of 39 patients with 40 cases of colon cancer metastatic to the ovary were identified. Patients with metastatic disease confined to the ovaries (n = 11) had a median overall survival (OS) time of 61 months...

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