[Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of recurrent and metachronous cancer of the colon].

The paper discusses the results of radical surgery of 413 cases of colonic cancer treated at the Center in 1952-1984. Relapse rate appeared to be 1.4% at stage I-II disease and 22.3% at stage III. The said rate was twice that in patients who presented with regional lymph node metastases. Metachronous cancer of the colon was detected in 2.9% of radically operated cases. Early diagnosis of recurrent and metachronous colonic cancer is one of the factors of improvement of long-term results of radical treatment of the disease.