Factors affecting survival after excision of the rectum for cancer

Abstract

After adjusting for age and clinicopathologic stage, significantly poorer survival was experienced by males, patients with extensive tumor adherent to other organ(s), those with a high-grade tumor or a tumor showing venous invasion, those who had a postoperative cardiovascular or respiratory complication, and those who did not undergo surgery by a colorectal surgeon specialist. The nature of the operation performed had no independent effect on survival.

The impact of nutritional status on the prognoses of patients with advanced head and neck cancer

“…27 In contrast, Bokey et al found a poorer prognosis for patients with a postoperative complication compared with those who had no complications. 28 The same disagreement exists regarding head and neck cancer: Schantz et al reported improved survival associated with postoperative wound infection in laryngeal carcinoma. 29 Others, on the contrary, saw increased recurrence rates and decreased survival for patients who had had a postoperative wound infection.…”

Prognostic Value of Intratumoral Neutrophils in Advanced Gastric Carcinoma in a High-Risk Area in Northern Italy

“…In a multicenter study in northern Italy (23), a reduced gastric cancer risk was observed in women with later menopause and longer duration of fertile life. The favorable prognostic value of females, mainly younger patients, has been shown not only in gastric carcinoma (24), but also in tumors of other organs such as lung, liver, and colorectum (25)(26)(27).…”

Fatores prognósticos e sobrevida no adenocarcinoma primário de reto

“…Embora não tenham sido relacionados à recorrência local em um estudo multicêntrico (16) , outros autores encontraram valor prognóstico independente para o sexo, com pior sobrevida entre os indiví-duos do sexo masculino (12,(17)(18)(19) . Em nossa experiência, nem a idade nem o sexo mostraram ser fatores prog- (20) encontraram pior sobrevida no grupo de idosos acima de 75 anos portadores de câncer colorretal, tendo relacionado o achado ao diagnóstico tardio.…”

“…Já no modelo de Cox, esse efeito se manifestou em relação ao estrato dos tumores pouco diferenciados, quando comparado aos bem diferenciados, sendo independente do efeito dos estágios de Dukes. Os tumores menos diferenciados têm sido diretamente relacionados à recorrência local (38) e à piora na sobrevida (18)(19)(20) . Contudo, resultados conflitantes vêm sendo encontrados, possivelmente pelos complexos critérios de avaliação, que não são padronizados (18,20,34) .…”