Changes in the characteristics of Colorectal Cancer in the last 15 years
S Molnár, M Juhász, E Mihály, P Miheller, K Müllner, F Sipos, H Székely, D Lippai, D Kocsis, Z Péter, A Németh, Z Tulassay, L Herszényi · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2015 · Heft 05
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Background: The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) increased in the last years in Western-countries and Hungary, and the disease starts to develop in an earlier age group. In general 70% of CRC is localised in the left colon and rectum, but recent studies suggest an increasing trend of right-sided tumours. Aims: to investigate the prevalence of CRC, and to examine distribution of the gender, age and location over a 15-year period in our academic centre. Methods: a retrospective review of endoscopic and histologic records of patients with CRC between 1998 and 2013 every three years has been performed. Results:…