[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.