Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed malignancy and
its incidence, as well as mortality rate, is increasing globally. In this paper, the …

OBJECTIVES: After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is one of the major causes of death in
Iraq but there is scarcity of data on cancer. This study aimed to estimate the incidence rate of …

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is mainly a disease of the elderly in the Western
world, but its characteristics are changing globally. Iraq does not have a well established …

Methods We compared CRC statistics for KSA (using data from the National Cancer
Registry) with that from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) databases …

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 …

Background: As the third leading cause of death, cancers have a special place in the Iranian
health system. Several studies have been done in some regions of the country with few …

OBJECTIVES This is the first study that estimates the incidence and mortality rate for
colorectal cancer (CRC) patients in Malaysia by sex and ethnicity. METHODS The 4,501 …

Objective To study the epidemiology of colorectal cancer in Qatar and compare it with other
parts of the world. To collect demographic data on colorectal cancer in Qatar (age and sex …

Context Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer worldwide which is less
common in the Middle East. It is also the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality …

Background and Purpose: Each year, about 50,000 new cases of cancer occur in Iran and
the most common being the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (38%). Colorectal cancers account for …