Colorectal carcinoma associated with ulcerative colitis: a study of prognostic indicators
TM Heimann, SC Oh, G Martinelli, A Szporn… - The American journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
Fifty-two patients with ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer undergoing colectomy at the
Mount Sinai Hospital between 1973 and 1988 were studied retrospectively to determine the
correlation of age, sex, duration of colitis, tumor location, number of cancers, tumor
differentiation, colloid content, presence of signet ring cells, Dukes' classification, and DNA
ploidy with survival. The mean age was 45 years, with a mean duration of colitis of 21 years.
Five patients (10%) had Dukes' A lesions, 17 (33%) had Dukes' B lesions, 17 (33%) had …
Mount Sinai Hospital between 1973 and 1988 were studied retrospectively to determine the
correlation of age, sex, duration of colitis, tumor location, number of cancers, tumor
differentiation, colloid content, presence of signet ring cells, Dukes' classification, and DNA
ploidy with survival. The mean age was 45 years, with a mean duration of colitis of 21 years.
Five patients (10%) had Dukes' A lesions, 17 (33%) had Dukes' B lesions, 17 (33%) had …