Tumour growth rate of carcinoma of the colon and rectum: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: The growth pattern of colorectal cancer is seldom investigated. This cohort study aimed to explore tumour growth rate in colorectal cancers managed non-surgically or deemed not resectable, and to determine its implication for prognosis. Consecutive patients with colonic or rectal adenocarcinoma were identified through the colorectal multidisciplinary team database at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust over a 2-year interval. Patients who received no treatment (surgery, stenting, colonic defunctioning procedures, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) and who underwent CT twice more than 5 weeks apart were included. Multidetector CT/three-dimensional image analysis was performed independently by three experienced radiologists. Of 804 patients reviewed, 43 colorectal cancers were included in the final

SUBMITTER: Burke JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370463 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature