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Carcinoids of the large intestine

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Twenty-two cases of carcinoid of the large intestine are presented. The pathology, clinical presentation and long-term results are reviewed. Eight of the 22 patients had evidence of nodal or distant spread and eight patients are known to have died of the disease, seven of the eight within five years of surgical operation. Criteria for malignancy are discussed and therapy based on these factors is considered. The most favorable results occurred in those who had wide excision of the tumor and node resection. There were no cases of carcinoid syndrome in the group.

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  1. From the Harrison Department of Surgical Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    F. E. Rosato M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery Advanced Clinical Fellow), J. R. Anderson M.D. (Surgical Intern) & P. Andrus B.S. (Senior medical student)

  2. American Cancer Society, USA

    F. E. Rosato M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery Advanced Clinical Fellow) & P. Andrus B.S. (Senior medical student)

  3. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

    F. E. Rosato M.D. (Assistant Professor of Surgery Advanced Clinical Fellow)

  4. School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    J. R. Anderson M.D. (Surgical Intern)

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, June 16 to 18, 1969.

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Rosato, F.E., Anderson, J.R. & Andrus, P. Carcinoids of the large intestine. Dis Colon Rectum 13, 211–214 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617210

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