Table 4

Three year observed survival (3 y observed surv) for colorectal cancer by surgery and registry with distribution of cases by type of surgery, and deaths within one month of diagnosis. EUROCARE high resolution study on colorectal cancer

% Distribution of
3 y observed surv (%)Death within 1 month
RegistryResected (2241)Unresected4-151
(479)		Surgical resectionPalliative surgeryElective surgery4-150% of all cases% of
“resected” cases
Varese58982108553
Modena64258858422
Calvados6188538462
Somme5958457763
Côte d'Or5409338765
Rotterdam5413867nanana
Eindhoven59159227733
Granada5777757895
Mersey5338288894
Thames47379785165
Cracow399532956168
All registries5778288174

  • ↵4-151 Includes patients who underwent palliative surgery (211 cases) and those with no information on whether or not surgery was performed (32 cases).

  • ↵4-150 As a proportion of patients who underwent surgery.

  • na, not available.