Colorectal carcinoma: review of 110 cases

ABSTRACT

Over the 4-year period [1045 to 1408H], 110 cases of colorectal carcinoma were treated at Riyadh Central Hospital. The charts were reviewed with particular reference to the epidemiological characteristics. There were 59 [54%] Saudi patients with an average age of 51 years. Thirty-one percent of the patients were under 40. The male to female ratio was 21. The disease was found to involve the left side of the colon in 60% of the patients, while the right colons was involved in 35%. A curative resection was attempted in 38 [35%] patients. Mortality in the 77 patients who underwent surgery was 9%. It appears that colorectal carcinoma in the Saudi population affects a younger age group than that observed in the West, with a good percentage [35%] of right-sided colonic cancer. Because the familial non-polyposis from colonic cancer in this group of patients, we recommend that surveillance be directed to the respective families so that asymptomatic patients can be identified in an early stage of the disease