[Radical treatment of rectal cancer]

The authors present an account on radical resections of the rectum in 73 patients during 1991-1995. A radical operation with excision of the mesorectum was performed 69 times, local excisions 4 times. Five-year survival was recorded in 57.90% patients, local relapses were recorded in 10.14% patients. Remote metastases or generalization of the disease was found in 18.84% patients. Adjuvant treatment was administered to 74% patients.