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Kaplan-Meier survival curves per AJCC stage. Stage 1 range, 72–74%; stage 2 range 54 – 63%; stage 3 range, 39 – 46%; stage 4 range, 6 –7%. Adapted from Beart RW, Steele GD Jr, Menck HR, Chmiel JS, Ocwieja KE, Winchester DP. Management and survival of patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum: a national survey of the Commission on Cancer. J Am Coll Surg. 1995;181:225–236.
