XXXX in the West Midlands, 1957-1981.

@entity1 @entity694 @entity5
Between 1957 and 1981, 49,904 @entity1 with @entity5 were registered at the Birmingham Cancer Registry. The annual incidence was 24.5 per 100,000 population for @entity694 and 18.4 per 100,000 for that of the rectum. The annual number of @entity1 increased by 41.9 per cent. The age-adjusted 5-year survival rate was 26.4 per cent for @entity694 and 28.2 per cent for @entity5 . Between 1977 and 1981 these rates increased significantly to 30.3 and 30.0 per cent respectively (P < 0.01). Stage for stage, @entity694 was associated with longer survival than that of the rectum. Curative and palliative resection rates increased, especially for anterior resection. The operative mortality rate remained constant at 8 per cent. Despite increases in palliative resection rates 50 per cent of these @entity1 required a stoma. Treatment was not undertaken in 37.4 per cent of @entity1 . The end results of treatment are little better than those reported previously from this registry.
