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Disease profile of colon and rectum carcinoma at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein.
S Afr J Surg. 1997 May; 35(2):63-5; discussion 65-7.SA

Abstract

A retrospective study evaluated all new cases of colorectal cancer which presented over a 7-year period at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein. The aim of the study was to compare patients younger than 40 years with the group older than 40 years. Most patients presented late, with advanced disease. A high proportion of patients were younger than 40 years (32.4%). No significant differences in sex ratio, tumour position, differentiation or stage of tumour were detected between the two groups. Of note was a high proportion (45%) of right-sided colon cancer in both groups. The younger patients did not have more advanced disease at presentation than the older group. Their prognosis, when matched stage for stage, was similar.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Bonnet GC
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein.
Grobler SP
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overColonic NeoplasmsContinental Population GroupsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRectal NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesSouth Africa

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9267172

Citation

Bonnet, G C., and S P. Grobler. "Disease Profile of Colon and Rectum Carcinoma at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein." South African Journal of Surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Chirurgie, vol. 35, no. 2, 1997, pp. 63-5; discussion 65-7.
Bonnet GC, Grobler SP. Disease profile of colon and rectum carcinoma at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein. S Afr J Surg. 1997;35(2):63-5; discussion 65-7.
Bonnet, G. C., & Grobler, S. P. (1997). Disease profile of colon and rectum carcinoma at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein. South African Journal of Surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Chirurgie, 35(2), 63-5; discussion 65-7.
Bonnet GC, Grobler SP. Disease Profile of Colon and Rectum Carcinoma at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein. S Afr J Surg. 1997;35(2):63-5; discussion 65-7. PubMed PMID: 9267172.
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