[Prognostic factors in rectal cancer].

Morphologic type of growth of rectal adenocarcinoma was studied in 292 radically operated cases. Diffuse pattern of growth was established in 86.7% of patients.

[Clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of multiple primary synchronous cancer of the large intestine].

Clinical course and procedures for diagnosis of primary multiple synchronous cancer of the colon are discussed on the basis of the data on 52 patients treated at the Institute's Clinic in 1962-1986. In 30.5%, these tumors were accompanied by single or multiple polyps of the colon.

[Cancer morbidity of the large intestine and its prognosis in the Moldavian SSR].

Colorectal cancer ranks fifth in general cancer morbidity in the Moldavian SSR and second among digestive tumors. Within 1970-1979, the morbidity rate for rectal cancer increased 2.2-fold (from 3.

[Combined treatment of rectal cancer].

In 15 males and 25 females at the age of 24--70 the authors have studied radiation pathomorphosis, the early and late results in anal and low ampullar cancer following preoperative large fractionation irradiation on a gamma-therapeutic machine "Rokus" with the rotation regime of 400--600 rad daily, a total dosage--2000--3000 rad. The operation was performed 2--3 days following the irradiation. Eighteen patients were followed up over 3 years.

[Diagnosis and treatment of malignant polyps of the rectum and sigmoid].

By means of cytological and histological methods of investigation malignant transformation of rectal and sigmoid polyps was revealed in 6.3% among 127 patients suffering polyps. Electroexcision of tumors resulting in persistent cure is felt to be the method of choice in treatment of such patients.