Abstract

One hundred and ninety six cases with cancer of the colon and rectum who had recieved curative resection were classified according to the stage classification which was settled by Japanese Research Society for Cancer of Colon and Rectum. The relative survival rate was calculated and the long term prognosis was evaluated in each stage. The following result was obtained: Cancer of the colon and rectum is considered to be a curable disease, if it is discovered and resected at the stage I in which the cancerous proliferation is limited to the proper muscle layer without any metastasis.

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