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Huda O Basaleem1, Khaled A Al-Sakkaf
1Aden Cancer Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Aden, PO Box 6336, Khormaksar, Aden, Yemen. hudabasaleem92@hotmail.com
Objective:
This study aimed to describe the characteristics and trends of colorectal cancer registered in Aden Cancer Registry.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis of all registered cancers (1735) was performed at Aden Cancer Center, University of Aden, Aden, Yemen from the years 1997-2001, to describe colorectal cancers with regards to age, sex and residency distribution, subsites and histopathology, and incidence rates.
Results:
The results indicate that digestive system cancers are the most common cancers (17.1%); and colorectal cancer (28%) is the most common of these. Developing countries characteristics of this cancer are clear. These include a relatively high proportion of early-onset tumor (19.3% of cases were <40 years), and left sided subsite distribution (49.4% of cases were in the rectum and rectosigmoid junction).
Conclusion:
Further analytical studies, to address the community-related risk factors, public education, and screening programs for colorectal cancer are mandatory.
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