title: Clinicopathological trends in colorectal carcinoma in a Black South African population.
abstract: The clinico pathological characteristics of colorectal carcinoma in 127 Black South African patients were studied. The main presenting symptoms were altered bowel habits in 70% of the patients, weight loss in 64.3% and abdominal pain in 47.1%. Anaemia was present in 75.7%. There was a 31% incidence of mucinous carcinoma with a particular predilection for the younger age groups. Mucinous tumors were found more commonly in Duke stage C and D than in earlier stages. Tumors arising from a pre-existing adenoma constituted to 5.5% of the lot of patients with cancer colon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Degiannis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sliwa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saadia
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology