Frequency and clinical caracteristics of colorectal adenoma and carcinoma in women
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Tamara Alempijević1, Aleksandra Sokić Milutinović, Aleksandra Pavlović Marković
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Introduction:
Available literature states that the incidence of colorectal adenomas and cancer is more common in men, however, lately has been observed increasing number of patients among women.
Aim:
to analyze the frequency and clinical characteristics of colorectal adenomas and cancer in women.
Materials And Methods:
We performed a retrospective study in which data of 695 patients with colorectal adenomas and carcinomas have been analyzed from a total of 10,659 patients who underwent colonoscopy.
Results:
Colonoscopy and colorectal neoplasms were more frequently diagnosed in man (71.88%/67.4%) than women (28.12%/32.65%), so the results must be interpreted with caution.
Conclusion:
The increase in the number of women who suffer from colorectal adenoma and carcinoma can be explained by balancing lifestyle and increasing the number of women who are examined, given up the initial resistance that women had to colonoscopy, which is a potentially painful and embarrassing.
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