Open AccessDo clinicopathologic features of rectal and colon cancer guide us towards distinct malignancies?
Author(s) -
Abbas Rezaianzadeh,
Salar Rahimikazerooni,
Hajar Khazraei,
Seyed Mohammad Kazem Tadayon,
Mohammad Abdzaid Akool,
Masoumeh Rahimi,
Seyed Vahid Hosseini
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2219-679X
pISSN - 2078-6891
DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2019.02.16
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , rectum , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , gastroenterology , abdominal pain , oncology , paleontology , biology
Unlike developed countries where studies on all aspects of colorectal cancers are widely numerous, Iran as a Middle Eastern country show very few studies especially ones comparing the differences between colon and rectal cancer. In this study, firstly we report demographic, clinical and pathologic characteristics of patients with rectum and colon cancer and secondly compare these findings in order to investigate probable differences.