title: [Epidemiologic profile of colorectal cancers in a medical service at Rabat].
abstract: The authors report their clinical experience concerning carcinomas of the colon and rectum based upon 212 patients hospitalised in a Department of Medicine. The group consisted of 109 men and 101 women. The mean age was 46.4. Almost 50 per cent of the patients had first presented only 6 months after the onset of symptoms. The recto-sigmoid was the commonest site (81.6 per cent). From a histological standpoint, adenocarcinomas were commonest (93.86 per cent of carcinomas).
authors.affiliation: Service Médecine C, Hôpital Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sebti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Essaid
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy
vernacular_title: Profil épidémiologique des cancers colo-rectaux dans un service de médecine à Rabat.