作者
Nasser Alsanea, Alaa S Abduljabbar, Samar Alhomoud, Luai H Ashari, Denise Hibbert, Shouki Bazarbashi
发表日期
2015/5
期刊
Annals of Saudi medicine
卷号
35
期号
3
页码范围
196-202
出版商
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
简介
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
The national data on colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia has not been analyzed. The objective of this study is to describe the demographics, incidence and survival rates for colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia for the period 1994–2010.
DESIGN
Retrospective analysis of the Saudi Cancer Registry data for the period 1994–2010.
SETTING
Data from the Saudi Cancer Registry was analyzed by stage at presentation (local, regional, distal, unknown) and survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
PATIENTS
From 9889 colorectal cancer cases, a sample of 549 (5.6%) patients was selected and their living status ascertained to assess survival.
RESULTS
Colorectal cancer has been the most common cancer among men and the third commonest among women since 2002 in Saudi Arabia. There has been a slight predominance among men with an average ratio of 116 …
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