ISPARTA BURDUR YÖRESİNDEKİ KOLON KANSERİ HASTALARININ DEMOGRAFİK VE KLİNİK ÖZELLİKLERİ

Abstract

Objective
 To define the demographic and clinicopathological
 characteristics of colon cancer patients followed up
 at Suleyman Demirel University, Medical Oncology
 Outpatient Clinic.
 Material and Method
 Outpatient archive files of 582 patients who applied
 to Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine,
 Medical Oncology Clinic and received a diagnosis of
 colon cancer between 2010-2021 were examined and
 patients’ age, gender, tumor location, family history
 of cancer, and pathological TNM stage at the time of
 diagnosis were recorded.
 Results
 Median age was 63.5 years. Of the 582 patients, 375
 (64.4%) were male and 207 (35.6%) were female.
 Thirty-four (5.8%) of the patients had family history
 of colon cancer. The origin of the tumor was the right
 colon in 147 (25.3%) patients, the left colon in 168
 (28.9%), and the rectum in 265 (45.5%). At the time
 of diagnosis, T stage was T1 in 35 (6%) patients,
 T2 in 61 (10.5%), T3 in 418 (71.8%), and T4 in 67
 (11.5%). Pathological N stage was N0 in 246 (42.3%)
 patients, N1 in 168 (28.9%), and N2 in 168 (28.9%).
 When staging was made according to TNM grades,
 82 (14.1%) patients were diagnosed with Stage 1
 disease, 153 (26.3%) with Stage 2 disease, 242
 (41.6%) with Stage 3, and 105 (18%) patients were
 diagnosed with Stage 4 disease. Metastasis was
 detected at the time of diagnosis in 106 (18.2%) of
 the patients.
 Conclusion
 Most of the patients who apply to Suleyman Demirel
 University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Oncology
 Outpatient Clinic from the Isparta-Burdur region are
 patients diagnosed at an advanced stage. It is of
 vital importance to raise awareness of colon cancer
 screenings and increase awareness of colon cancer
 in the community of this region.