Some observations about the endoscopic diagnosis of colon cancer
Journal of Practical Medicine
;
: 44-48, 1998.
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in Vietnamese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-1130
ABSTRACT
This prospective study was conducted with 159 patients of colon cancer who underwent an endoscopy and an operation at the Hospital K in Hanoi. Most frequent symptoms were abdominal pain -81.8%, change of rectal habit- 74.2%, large bowel obstruction-12.6%. The symptoms were lasting for 10.7 months. Rigid endoscopy was performed on 11.3% of patients; and flexible on 88.7%. A majority of tumors -55.99%, were detected in sigmoid colon, 25.9% were necrotic tumors. Synchronous polyps were found in combining with 23.3% of tumors. Endoscopic accuracy reached to 96.9%. In conclusion, endoscopy is the method of choice for detecting the colon cancer
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Main subject:
Colonic Neoplasms
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Endosonography
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Language:
Vietnamese
Journal:
Journal of Practical Medicine
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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