A review of carcinoma of the colon and rectum over a 3-year period at Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg.
Fifty-one patients with adenocarcinoma of the large bowel seen at Hillbrow Hospital over a 36-month period are reviewed. The mean age at diagnosis was 53 years. Advanced disease was present in at least 60%. Carcinoma of the rectum constituted 48% and colonic carcinoma 52%. Cancer and polyps of the large bowel in urban blacks are no longer a rarity in urban hospitals.
Mayor-Davies
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Department of Surgery, Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg.
Britz
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RS
Menashe
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014505:Urban Population