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Cleveland
Clinic researchers report that the location of cancer in the
colon does not appear to be a factor in whether the cancer
subsequently recurs after it has been surgically removed.
The researchers
reported in the journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum on
their analysis 1,031 patients who had surgical removal of
a localized colon cancer between 1980 and 1993. The patients
were followed for at least five years or until death.
Local
recurrences of colon cancer occurred in only 32 of the patients
(3.1 percent) with the median time to recurrence being 13
months, the researchers reported.
"The
location of the primary tumor was not a factor in producing
local recurrence," the researchers reported.
While
advanced tumor stage was linked to a higher risk of recurrence,
the researchers said none of the colon cancers caught at an
early stage or that were well differentiated at the time of
surgery recurred locally.
Source:
Colorectal
Cancer Week of August 18, 2002
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