[Colonic tumors: experience at a clinical center in Caracas]

During a period of six years, 33.452 histopathological studies were reviewed among which were found 285 cases with malignant neoplasm of the colon. 69% of the patients were between fifty and sixty years of age. The diagnosis of colonic adenocarcinoma was positive in 90.17% of the cases. 58.9% of the tumors were localized in the rectum and sigmoid. The remaining 41.06% of the tumors were not subject to rectosigmoidoscopy. The epidemiological analysis was made. Most of the patients were found with locally advanced cancer with a predominance of poor differentiated tumours, which represents a complex challenge to the surgeon.