Factores asociados a la supervivencia de pacientes con cáncer de colon recurrente
Factors associated with the survival of patients with recurrent colon cancer
Medisan; 18 (10), 2014
Publication year: 2014
Se efectuó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y longitudinal de 37 pacientes operados de cáncer de colon, con intención curativa, en el Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, durante el período 2006-2012, quienes presentaron recurrencia tumoral diagnosticada en consulta externa mediante un esquema de seguimiento posoperatorio durante un quinquenio o más, con vistas a identificar algunos factores asociados a la supervivencia. Entre los principales resultados de la serie, se obtuvo que la recurrencia tumoral loco-regional fuese predominante y la nueva intervención quirúrgica junto a la quimioterapia adyuvante devino mayor supervivencia en comparación con la alcanzada al emplear solo agentes químicos. Por otro lado, la mayoría de los afectados alcanzaron una supervivencia no mayor de un año, tomando en cuenta el intervalo desde el diagnóstico hasta el deceso, y al finalizar el estudio existía una mortalidad de 62,2 %, cuya causa más frecuente fue la propia recurrencia tumoral. Pudo concluirse que las intervenciones fueron en esencia paliativas, si bien el diagnóstico se correspondió con la detección temprana durante el período de seguimiento posoperatorio.
An observational, descriptive and longitudinal study of 37 patients operated from colon cancer was made, with healing intention, in "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, during the period 2006-2012 who presented tumorous recurrence diagnosed in the out-patient department, by means of an outline of postoperative follow up during a five year period or more, with the aim of identifying some factors associated to the survival. Among the main results of the series, it was obtained that the local-regional tumorous recurrence was predominant and the new surgery together with the adjuvant chemotherapy caused a greater survival in comparison to the one reached when using just chemical agents. On the other hand, most of the affected patients reached a survival no longer than one year, taking into account the interval from the diagnosis to death, and when concluding the study there was a mortality of 62.2%, whose most frequent cause was the tumorous recurrence itself. It could be concluded that surgeries were essentially palliative, although the diagnosis was in correspondence to the early detection during the period of postoperative follow up.