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. 2015 Aug;8(4):e3439.
doi: 10.17795/ijcp.3439. Epub 2015 Aug 24.

Recurrence and Five -Year Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients After Surgery

Seyed Reza Fatemi  1 , Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi  1 , Farshad Asadi  1 , Mohsen Vahedi  2 , Sara Pasha  1 , Leila Alizadeh  1 , Mohammad Reza Zali  1
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Recurrence and Five -Year Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients After Surgery

Seyed Reza Fatemi et al. Iran J Cancer Prev. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancyworldwide and its outcome is most closely related to the extent of disease at presentation. Early diagnosis of an asymptomatic recurrence increases the likelihood of a complete surgical resection.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of colorectal cancer recurrence and survival rate within 5 years, after surgery.

Patients and methods: During the 9-year period since 21st Mar, 2004 to 20th Mar, 2013, patients whose primary colorectal cancer were resected in Taleghani hospital, Tehran, Iran were selected in a historical cohort. The necessary data such as demographic, age, gender, family history of CRC, site and size of tumor, stage of tumor, operation details, histological results, treatment method, histopathologic, etc. were collected. Then the recurrence and survival of colorectal cancer within 5 years after operation and their risk factors were evaluated. P value less than 0.05 were considered significant. All analysis was done using SPSS software.

Results: A total of 107 patients underwent resection for colorectal cancer during the study period, with mean age of 53.50 ± 12.68 years (range 24 - 76 years), survival rate of 73.8% (rectum 70.0% and colon 75.9%), and mean survival time of 142.17 ± 21.60 month. The recurrence rate of CRC patients, during five years after surgery was 5.7%. Regional lymph nodes, Distance metastasis and Adjuvant therapy were significant prognosis factors of survival after surgery.

Conclusions: The rate of recurrence in Iranian patients was low, which could be due to improvement of exactness and expertise of surgeons or better adjuvant therapy. The significant association between survival and adjuvant therapy clarifies this finding. Early diagnosis and primary detection could increase the rate of survival.

Keywords: Colorectal Cancer; Recurrence; Surgical Resection; Survival.

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Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest.

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