2012
DOI: 10.5430/jst.v2n3p13
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Colorectal carcinoma in gharbiah district, Egypt: Comparison between the elderly and non-elderly

Abstract: <p class="a"><strong>Objective:</strong> This work was conducted to study colorectal carcinoma (CRC) in Gharbiah district, Egypt and to verify the effect of age on the treatments and their outcomes.<span><br /> </span><strong>Methods:</strong> <span>B</span>etween 2000 and 2002, 293 cases with CRC were identified in the Gharbiah population based cancer registry (GPBCR); 159 of whom were treated at Tanta Cancer Center (TCC). Patients were grouped into … Show more

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“…Also, CRC was mainly moderately differentiated (56%), and more commonly and comparably presented in stages II and III (24% and 20%, respectively), and mostly localized (≥ 80%). This was in concordance with many studies [24,27,28], and Zeeneldin et al, except for the higher incidence of metastasis among young patients [18].…”
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confidence: 89%
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“…Also, CRC was mainly moderately differentiated (56%), and more commonly and comparably presented in stages II and III (24% and 20%, respectively), and mostly localized (≥ 80%). This was in concordance with many studies [24,27,28], and Zeeneldin et al, except for the higher incidence of metastasis among young patients [18].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…This is a common CRC demographic feature in Egypt [17,18,24]. Also, most of positive FOBT (92.8%) had CRC, which confirms its reliability in diagnosis [25,26].…”
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confidence: 68%
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“…Patients' diagnosis and cancer staging were based on the colonoscopic findings, abdominal radio-imaging, pathological findings, and clinical decisions. Based on these findings, patients were classified according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 2010 into three stages: 4. In addition to 27 control subjects who were selected as apparently healthy volunteers without gastrointestinal symptoms, chronic disease history, cancer, and family history of CRC.…”
Section: Suffering From Variable Colonic Symptoms Includ-mentioning
confidence: 99%