No change in location of colorectal cancer between 1993–2004 in Hungarian patients
P Fuszek, H Horvath, J Papp, J Halasz, B Jaray, E Szekely, Z Schaff, A Papp, A Bursics, L Harsanyi, P Lukovich, P Kupcsulik, P Lakatos · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2005 · Heft 05
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The incidence of proximal tumours in Western countries has steadily increased while that of distal tumours has shown a corresponding decrease. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, location and histology of colorectal cancers (CRC) in the last decade in Hungarian patients. Patients and methods: Clinical data of 1738 patients diagnosed with CRC (M/F: 940/798, mean age at diagnosis: 65.2±SD12.5 years) between 1st of January 1993 and 31st of December 2004 at the 1st Internal Medicine and 1st Surgery Department of Semmelweis University were enrolled. Pathology and clinical data were analysed retrospectively. Re…