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colon carcinoma
- risk factors:
- mets: liver (25%); retroperitoneal/mesenteric
nodes (15%); hydronephrosis (13%); adrenal (10%); ovary;
psoas muscle; ascites
- risk of:
- 1% for synchronous colon Ca
- 3% for metachronous colon CA
- 3.8% for extracolonic malignancy
- Dukes A: bowel wall; B: serosa/mesentery; C: lymph nodes; D: mets
Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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