[Prognostic clinical and anatomopathological factors in surgery of carcinoma of the right colon].

Between 1965 and 1990, 52 patients were treated for adenocarcinoma of the right colon at the General and Cardiovascular Institute of University of Milan. We have performed in all patients a curative right hemicolectomy. Five year survival rate was 57.7%. Among 12 clinical and pathological variables, the pathologic stage and the degree of cellular differentiation were the most important prognostic factors. Also other factors, like mucin production, tumor ulceration and duration of symptoms were important prognostic factors, because related to a poor prognosis. Our study emphasize the importance of an early diagnosis and a prompt curative surgical treatment to improve patient's survival rate.