title: A study of colorectal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: One hundred and seven patients with resected colorectal adenocarcinoma were studied between 1983 and 1987. These formed 3.3% of all cancer cases and 19.4% of gastrointestinal malignancies seen during the period. A majority of patients (68.7%) were between 41 and 60 years of age; 31.8% were below the age of 40 years. There was a male preponderance (62.6%). Left sided cancers were more common (65.4%). The predominant histologic patterns were well differentiated adenocarcinoma (72%) and mucinous carcinoma (20.6%). Mucinous carcinoma was more common on the left side. A majority of cases (95.3%) were in Duke's stages B and C. Only 2.8% of cases were confined to the mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
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authors.lastname: Wani
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors