Long-term treatment results in patients with locally advanced colon cancer

The rate of colon cancer recurrence after primary radical resection is reported to be 20–30%. Treatment approaches for patients with locally recurrent colon cancer are widely discussed in the literature. The retrospective analysis included 265 patients with stage I–III primary colon cancer treated at the Moscow Cancer Center from 2004 to 2008. In patients with locally recurrent colon cancer who underwent radical surgery, the median survival time was 34.3 months. In patients who underwent palliative surgery, the median survival time was 21.8 months and in patients who received chemotherapy, the median survival time was 12.0 months. The overall survival rate in patients with local recurrence of colon cancer was found to be increased after radical surgery with or without chemotherapy.