title: Frequency and clinical caracteristics of colorectal adenoma and carcinoma in women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Available literature states that the incidence of colorectal adenomas and cancer is more common in men, however, lately has been observed increasing number of patients among women.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the frequency and clinical characteristics of colorectal adenomas and cancer in women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective study in which data of 695 patients with colorectal adenomas and carcinomas have been analyzed from a total of 10,659 patients who underwent colonoscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Colonoscopy and colorectal neoplasms were more frequently diagnosed in man (71.88%/67.4%) than women (28.12%/32.65%), so the results must be interpreted with caution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increase in the number of women who suffer from colorectal adenoma and carcinoma can be explained by balancing lifestyle and increasing the number of women who are examined, given up the initial resistance that women had to colonoscopy, which is a potentially painful and embarrassing.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alempijević
authors.forename: Aleksandra Sokić
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Milutinović
authors.forename: Aleksandra Pavlović
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Marković
authors.forename: Radmilo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popović
authors.forename: Srdjan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djuranović
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spuran
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomić
authors.forename: Milenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugljesić
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult