Clinicopathological analysis for synchronous colorectal carcinoma / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze clinicopathological features of synchronous colorectal carcinoma. Methods Data of colorectal cancer patients admitted to our hospital from June 1994 to December 2003 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into multiple synchronous colorectal carcinoma group ( MCG) and single colorectal cancer group ( SCG). Clinicopathological features and prognosis were compared between the two groups. SPSS 10. 0 was used for data analysis. Results Of all colorectal cancer(CRC) patients,3. 2 % (39/1225) had multiple synchronous CRCs and 939 patients had sporadic single CRC. In MCG, two patients had hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer ( HNPCC) syndrome. No significant differences were found between MCG and SCG with regard to demographic features, Dukes stage and differentiation of index CRC. More patients in MCG had metachronous CRC (x2 = 4. 545, P= 0.033) and colorectal polyps ( x2 = 12. 013, P = 0.001) compared with SCG. Forty-six percent of multiple synchronous CRCs located in right colon in MCG, which was higher than that in SCG ( x2 = 25. 757 ,P = 0. 0001). Malignancy in adenoma was the frequent event accompanying cancer in MCG. Five-year survival rate in MCG was 57% compared with 64% in SCG ( x2 =0.084, P = 0.772 ). Conclusion Patients with right colon cancer seem easily to have multiple synchronous CRCs and malignancy in adenoma is most frequently accompanying the cancer. For patients with multiple synchronous CRCs, the prognosis is equivalent to that of patients with SCG.