ABSTRACT
Background and purpose:Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors.Radical operation remains the primary treatment for the disease.Postoperative recurrence and metastases are the main cause for the patient' death.Reoperation for recurrent colorectal cancer is one of the methods to improve survival rate and quality of life for those patients.This study aimed to explore the cause,diagnosis and surgical treatment of recurrent colorectal cancer after operation.Methods:Thirty-five cases of postoperatively recurrent colorectal carcinoma who were treated from 2003 to 2006 at the Department of Surgical Oncology,2th Hospital of Jiaxing were retrospectively analyzed.Results:35 cases of colorectal cancers were re-operated and the overall rate of resection was 63 %,12 of them received radical resection with 4 recurrent rectal cancers and 8 recurrent colon cancers while others were palliatively treated.We followed up these patients from 6 to 36 months and there were 9 cases in 12 cases of radical respected group who were disease free,1 of them had lung metastases,1 liver metastases.While 23 cases in the palliative group,5 were dead,4 had liver metastases and 12 cases were alive.Of the 35 cases,26 cases(70%)tumor recurred within 3 years after first operations while others were recurrent at 1 year.Conclusions:For the patients with recurrent colorectal cancer,surgery remains one of the choices for the treatment.Multimodality treatment should be recommended for the patients at diagnosis.Completed resection of intestine with primary lesion,standard lymphadenectomy and eradicating peritoneal exfoliated cancer cells are the major steps to prevent recurrence of colorectal cancer.