Treatment outcome of colon cancer at VietNam-Germany Hospital during 5 years (1994 - 1998)
- Author:
Hung Xuan Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
colonic cancer
- MeSH:
Colonic Neoplasms;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;383(6):15-17
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Subject: 232 patients with colon cancer. The disease is more likely to occur after 40 years old. Male to female ratio is similar. Diagnosis and treatment is made in advanced stage of disease. More than 70% of patients have disease progress duration from 4 to 12 months. About 40% patients manifested intestinal occlusion or sub occlusion at presentation. According to DUKES classification: A: 0%; B : 52.2%; C: 33.6% and D 14.2%. Tumor at right colon accounted for 50.4% and at left colon accounted for 35%. The most common place is sigmoid colon (26.3%). Histopathological findings showed that adenocarcinomas is 95.2%. The death rate is 4.7%. 3.4% of patients have dehiscence of the anastomosis. Averall 5 year survival is 38.1% after operation
