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Long‐term survival of mother and son with widespread metastatic adenocarcinoma of colon
Author(s) -
Snyder William,
Clark Robert M.,
Rubini Joseph R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196801)21:1<129::aid-cncr2820210121>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , malignancy , adenocarcinoma , metastatic adenocarcinoma , colorectal cancer , metastatic carcinoma , colon carcinoma , carcinoma , metastasis , oncology , general surgery , gastroenterology , cancer , surgery
A woman who had widespread metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon at laparotomy died more than 14 years later with no clinical evidence of malignancy. In her only son, widespread metastatic carcinoma of the colon was found at laparotomy 9 years ago but at present he is well without any clinical evidence of malignancy. Spontaneous regression of carcinoma of the colon is extremely rare. The possible mechanisms in the two cases presented are discussed.