Prognostic factors affecting overall survival in right colon cancer

comparison of colon and rectum cancer: survival and prognostic factors

aim : this study aims to investigate some clinical and pathologic factors associated with the prognosis of patients with colon and rectum cancers separately. background : colorectal cancer is the most common cancer of the digestive system and also the fourth cause of cancer-related deaths around the world. different studies indicate that survival of patients with colorectal cancer has improved ...

Prognostic factors of overall survival for patients with stage II colon cancer.

OBJECTIVE To analyze factors influencing survival of patients with stage II colon cancer treated at our cancer center (Sparrow Hospital) from February 1996 through December 2006. PATIENTS AND METHODS Survival analyses on 197 patients' age 71.1±0.9 years (29 to 97) were done using SAS system (V9.3, Cary NC). Analysis included age, gender, stage, surgery type, number of examined lymph nodes, pa...

Prognostic factors in radical cystectomy affecting survival

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to evaluate the prognostic factors in radical cystectomy affecting survival. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 100 hundred patients were included in the study. Incontinent diversion was applied to 73 of these, and continent diversion to 27. Prospective and retrospective data of the patients were examined. The prognostic value for survival was evaluated for ...

Prognostic factors in colon cancer

Overall survival and disease-free survival in endometrial cancer: prognostic factors in 276 patients

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study reported here was to assess the disease-free survival and overall survival of patients with endometrial cancer and to determine independent factors affecting the prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of a single-center clinical series of 276 patients (mean age 64 years) with histologically confirmed cancer of the corpus uteri. The stand...