Metachronous colorectal carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Dr S. Bülow; L. B. Svendsen; A. Mellemgaard

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 395 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800770509

✦ Synopsis

Metachronous colorectal carcinoma

During the period 194347, 903 Danish patients aged <40 years had colorectal carcinoma. The patients were followed up f o r up to 41 years and during this period 44 of 501 ( 9 per cent) operated on f o r cure developed a metachronous colorectal carcinoma. The cumulative risk of a metachronous colorectal carcinoma was 30 per cent after up to 41 years of observation. The occurrence of a metachronous colorectal carcinoma was evenly distributed in the observation period. The cumulative survival rate after operation for a metachronous colorectal carcinoma was 41 per cent after 20 years of observation. W e propose a lifelong follow-up programme after resection of colorectal carcinoma f o r cure in this age group, including annual Hemoccult" test and colonoscopy at 3-year intervals.