McCormack P M, Ginsberg R J
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Chest Surg Clin N Am. 1998 Feb;8(1):119-26.
Colorectal carcinoma is the second most common visceral cancer in the United States, in both incidence and fatality rate. Of patients with colorectal carcinoma, 45% undergo resection and are cured. In cases of recurrence, 2% are restricted to lung only. A select group of 287 patients over 30 years at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center underwent a surgical approach, which produced a survival rate of 40% at 5 years and 32% at 10 years.
