title: Colorectal cancer in Iran: an epidemiological study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. But information regarding CRC in Iran is limited; the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiologic features of CRC in Iran, using 5-year data from cancer registry.
  
  
  METHODS
  This survey is a descriptive-analytic study consists of 1138 colorectal cancer patients who registered in Cancer Registry Center of Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Tehran, Iran. These data gathered using interview and pathology reports that registered in cancer registry forms. Data analysis was performed with descriptive and univariate methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 1138 patients, 696 cases were male and 442 female. There was no significant difference between males and females regarding age at diagnosis. 400 patients (35.1%) had a family history of cancer. The most common histology type of tumor was adenocarcinoma, NOS. In most cases (39.1%) tumor grading was well differentiated and there was no significant difference between males and females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Colorectal cancer is a disease with nonspecific symptoms. Family history of cancer was evident in 35.1% of our cases and also 42.9% of patients were below the age of 50 years old, suggests that genetic factors may be play an important role in the development of this disease in our country.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. azadesafaee@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Safaee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azadeh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moghimi-Dehkordi
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Fatem
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pourhoseingholi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghiasi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zali
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging