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The results of the management of 98 patients with carcinoma of the right colon, treated during the period 1950–1969, are presented. Abdominal pain was the most common presenting symptom. Curative procedures were attempted in 57 per cent of the cases, whereas palliative operations were performed in 31 per cent. The five-year survival rate was 35.7 per cent, being in inverse proportion to the degree of extension of the disease at the time of operation. Thus, for carcinomas of stage A of Dukes' classification the rate was 68.7 per cent. Survival may be improved by earlier diagnosis and consequent radical surgery.
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Georgoulis, B., Gogas, J. & Sechas, M. Management of carcinoma of the right colon—immediate and remote results: Review of 93 cases. Dis Colon Rectum 15, 233–236 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589870
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589870