DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i02.049

Pages: 565-568

Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents 9.4% of all incident cancers in men and 10.1% in women. The aim of the study is to evaluate clinicopathology figures in CRC patients in Northeast Iran and a review on the literature of Iran. Between of 2009 to 2015, 96 patients with CRC referred to Clinic of Medical Oncology, Mashhad city, Iran. The mean follow-up was 35 months that in this interval, there were 19 deaths and also 9 patients lost the follow-up (censored from survival analysis). The mean age at diagnosis was 57.8 years (range, 23-89 years) that 56.3% were male. Out of 96 patients, 89 patients (92.7%) were non-mucinous adenocarcinoma and 36 patients (39.6%) had colon cancer. The mean tumor size was 4.5cm (range, 1.5-8cm). Forty patients (41.7%) had lymph node metastasis. The 4-year survival rate was 76% and mean survival was 20.4 months. The mean age of CRC patients in Iran is around 55-60 years and the survival rate was more in our study (Northeast Iran) compared with other areas in Iran. Also, more patients with CRC in Iran have higher than 50 years old.