Open AccessPast, Present and Future? of Colorectal Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Study in Misan
Author(s) -
Hayder Qasim Saadoon Alhilfi,
Khalid Obiad Mohsin Almohammadawi,
Nyaz Ahmed Ameen,
Basima Kadhim Abbood Aliedani,
Husam Jihad Imran,
Ahmed Salih Alshewered,
Rasha Khalil Abduljalil Alsaad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer press
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-3748
DOI - 10.15562/tcp.66
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , family history , cancer , epidemiology , epidemiology of cancer , oncology , histopathology , rectum , breast cancer , gynecology , pathology
Background: Colorectal carcinoma is commonest cancer of GIT. It is represent third cancer in man worldwide beyond lung and prostate cancers. It is fourth cancer in woman beyond breast, lung and uterus cancers. Deaths from colorectal cancer is more in compare with other GIT cancers. The study aimed to determine epidemiological and clinical data of colorectal cancer in Misan province.Methods: Our study conducted in Misan province, Iraq. The data were collected from 2013 to 2016. Seventy one patients that found have colorectal cancer. An epidemiological, clinical and descriptive study perform which included frequency of gender, age, residency, site of cancer, family history, past history, year of onset, smoking history, alcohol intake, presentation of cancer at time of diagnosis, staging and histopathology pattern in relation to colorectal cancer.Results: Overall prevalence of colon and rectum carcinoma is 3.75%. The most age group affected was 51-60 years as 30.99%. The gender and residency of patients have no effect on cancer percent. Obesity, Family history, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption represented risk factors for colorectal cancer. In 42.25% of patients had family history of cancer. Most common site of colorectal carcinoma was left colon, which present in 61.97%. Conclusion: There was slight increase in new cases detection of colorectal carcinoma from 2013 to 2016. Advanced stages of colorectal cancer were most common stages description as stage IIIA, IIIB, IIIC and stage IV in 12.67%, 16.90%, 19.72% and 15.49% respectively. The common histopathological pattern of colorectal cancer was moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma as 53.52%.