Increased Incidence of Proximal Colon Cancer in the Elderly

To define the characteristics of colorectal cancer with regard to site distribution, age, and sex, due to the significantly increased incidence of colorectal cancer in Japan, we investigated 1,205 Japanese patients with colorectal cancer between 1975 and 1994. When we compared site distribution for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical gastroenterology 1996-09, Vol.23 (2), p.105-108
Hauptverfasser:	Ikeda, Yoichi, Koyanagi, Nobuhiro, Mori, Masaki, Ezaki, Takahiro, Toyomasu, Taisuke, Minagawa, Seizo, Tateishi, Haruo, Sugimachi, Keizo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Colonic Neoplasms - epidemiology Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Japan - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sex Factors Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Time Factors Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:	To define the characteristics of colorectal cancer with regard to site distribution, age, and sex, due to the significantly increased incidence of colorectal cancer in Japan, we investigated 1,205 Japanese patients with colorectal cancer between 1975 and 1994. When we compared site distribution for age and sex in the entire 20-year period, tumors in the proximal colon were more frequent in elderly patients than in young ones (p < 0.05); this tendency was true only for females (p
ISSN:	0192-0790 1539-2031
DOI:	10.1097/00004836-199609000-00007