[Characteristics of colonic carcinoma in our material]

By analyzing the characteristics of colonic carcinoma on the ten-year material of the Department for pathology of the Senta Hospital we came to a conclusion that this disease has a greater part in the mortality structure of the region along the river Tisa in relation to the Vojvodina average. Some morphologically prognostic elements (the tumor type, the intensity of peritumoral lymphocytic infiltration) do not show any significant deviations from literature facts, while tumor differentiation, the type of invasion and grading according to Dukes indicate a less favorable situation in our surroundings. An attempt was made to evidence the relation between colonic adenoma and carcinoma on the basis of classic morphology and the presence of nucleolar organizers. Our results indicate the insufficient discovering of precancerous states and early stadiums of colonic cancer in our surroundings.