Effect of inaccurate pathological diagnosis on survival statistics for melanoma survey of cases in the connecticut tumor registry

The earlier diagnosis of adenocarcinoma

The earlier diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the large intestine. A report of 1,884 cases, including 5-year follow-up survival data, results of surgery for the disease, and effect on survival prognosis of treatment earlier in the development of the disease

✍ Victor A. Gilbertsen 📂 Article 📅 1971 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 573 KB

From 1940 to 1963, 1,884 patients with adenocarcinomas of the large intestine (including colon and rectum) were seen at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Patients with lesions of the rectum comprised 53.2% of the group and numbered 1,002, including 693 (36.8%) with cancers of the rectal am