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Provide an updated evaluation of colorectal cancer incidence, clinical presentations, and clinicopathological characteristics over a ten-year period.

May 18, 2010West African Journal of MedicineOpen Access

Colorectal Carcinoma An Update of Current Trends in Accra

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JDJonathan Cuthbert Dakubo

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Prospective study reveals rising colorectal cancer rates and late-stage presentation in an urban population, indicating an evolving disease burden alongside demographic aging.

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Provide an updated evaluation of colorectal cancer incidence, clinical presentations, and clinicopathological characteristics over a ten-year period.
Conducted a prospective study of N=359 confirmed colorectal cancer cases diagnosed between January 1997 and December 2007 in Accra, Ghana.
Assessed demographic variables, crude incidence rates, clinical presentations, tumor locations, Astler-Coller stages, histological grades, and surgical outcomes.
The crude incidence rate was 11.18 per 100,000 population overall (12.53 in males, 9.87 in females), with an annual incidence of 32.6 new cases.
Most frequent presentations were rectal bleeding (51.1%), abdominal mass (21.1%), and intestinal obstruction (17.3%), with tumors situated in the colon (53.2%) and rectum (46.8%).
Adenocarcinoma predominated in 89.4% of cases; tumors presented at advanced Astler-Coller stages C2 (36.7%) and C1 (22.1%), with 225 surgical resections performed and a 6.1% post-operative mortality rate.

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Jonathan Cuthbert Dakubo (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab0764d1fc40e6e43e9589d https://doi.org/10.55891/wajm.v29i3.6

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May 18, 2010West African Journal of MedicineOpen Access

Colorectal Carcinoma An Update of Current Trends in Accra

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Authors

JDJonathan Cuthbert Dakubo

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Implication

Prospective study reveals rising colorectal cancer rates and late-stage presentation in an urban population, indicating an evolving disease burden alongside demographic aging.

Key Points

Provide an updated evaluation of colorectal cancer incidence, clinical presentations, and clinicopathological characteristics over a ten-year period.
Conducted a prospective study of N=359 confirmed colorectal cancer cases diagnosed between January 1997 and December 2007 in Accra, Ghana.
Assessed demographic variables, crude incidence rates, clinical presentations, tumor locations, Astler-Coller stages, histological grades, and surgical outcomes.
The crude incidence rate was 11.18 per 100,000 population overall (12.53 in males, 9.87 in females), with an annual incidence of 32.6 new cases.
Most frequent presentations were rectal bleeding (51.1%), abdominal mass (21.1%), and intestinal obstruction (17.3%), with tumors situated in the colon (53.2%) and rectum (46.8%).
Adenocarcinoma predominated in 89.4% of cases; tumors presented at advanced Astler-Coller stages C2 (36.7%) and C1 (22.1%), with 225 surgical resections performed and a 6.1% post-operative mortality rate.

Cite This Study

Jonathan Cuthbert Dakubo (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab0764d1fc40e6e43e9589d https://doi.org/10.55891/wajm.v29i3.6

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