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The value of colonoscopic surveillance after curative resection for colorectal cancer or synchronous adenomatous polyps.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3675189     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Between 1975 and 1984, 270 patients underwent a potentially curative resection for colorectal carcinoma. One hundred eighty-eight patients (70%) underwent preoperative colonoscopy, of which 129 patients (69%) were followed up with at least two postoperative colonoscopies. In 91 patients (70%), preoperative colonoscopy revealed no synchronous adenomatous polyps or cancer. Synchronous adenomatous polyps were found in 35 patients (27%), and three patients (2.3%) had a synchronous invasive cancer. Nineteen (54%) of the 35 patients with synchronous adenomatous polyps developed metachronous adenomatous polyps during the follow-up period compared with 24 (26%) of 91 patients without synchronous adenomatous polyps. The median interval to the development of metachronous adenomatous polyps was 19 months, and all of these polyps were 1 cm or less in size. Patients with synchronous adenomatous polyps less than 30 cm from the primary lesion (68%) developed metachronous polyps more often than did patients whose synchronous adenomatous polyps were more than 30 cm from the primary lesion (37%). Preoperative colonoscopy is important for determining synchronous pathology and identifying patients at risk for metachronous polyps.
Authors:
G Carlsson; N J Petrelli; H Nava; L Herrera; A Mittelman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)     Volume:  122     ISSN:  0004-0010     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Surg     Publication Date:  1987 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-11-27     Completed Date:  1987-11-27     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9716528     Medline TA:  Arch Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1261-3     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colonic Neoplasms / pathology,  surgery*
Colonic Polyps / pathology,  surgery*
Colonoscopy*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology,  surgery*
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology,  surgery*

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