Colorectal cancer in Asians: a demographic and anatomic survey in Malaysian patients undergoing colonoscopy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2005

Abstract

The demography of colorectal cancer is different from western patients. Tumours were mainly left sided in our patients. However, no differences in anatomic location were found between races, men and women and younger and older age groups. Colorectal cancer presented in an advanced stage in the majority of patients.

Keywords

Aged, Cecal Neoplasms/epidemiology, Cecal Neoplasms/ethnology

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Volume

22

Issue

9

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

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