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COLORECTAL CANCER IN NEW ZEALAND: A WELLINGTON STUDY
Author(s) -
TURNBULL P. R. G.,
ISBISTER WILLIAM H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb06435.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , colorectal cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , disease , cancer , general surgery , demography , oncology , surgery , paleontology , physics , sociology , optics , biology
A retrospective study of three hundred patients with colorectal cancer seen during a five‐year period at Wellington Hospital is presented. The age incidence, anatomical distribution, tumour stage and incidence of intestinal obstruction differ from those reported in most other series. There is no correlation between delay in presentation and Dukes stage. It is suggested that colorectal cancer is a more aggressive disease In New Zealand than it is elsewhere in the world. The dangers of translating disease statistics from one country to another are emphasized.