[The characteristics of the combined and complex treatment of colloid rectal cancer]

The effectiveness of combined (surgery + radio- or chemotherapy) or complex treatment for colloidal cancer of the rectum was evaluated in 180 patients with such tumors which included mucinous adenocarcinoma, mucinous cancer and signet-ring cell cancer. Five-year survival rate in 49 patients treated with adjuvant chemo- and/or radiotherapy (39.9 +/- 9.1%) did not differ significantly from that in cases undergoing surgery alone (39.1 +/- 4.7%) (p > 0.05).