@article {Guraya1391, author = {Salman Y. Guraya and Omer E. Eltinay}, title = {Higher prevalence in young population and rightward shift of colorectal carcinoma}, volume = {27}, number = {9}, pages = {1391--1393}, year = {2006}, publisher = {Saudi Medical Journal}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To report the pattern, subsite distribution and histological features of colorectal cancer in a University Hospital in Riyadh.METHODS: The study was carried out in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the medical records of patients diagnosed to have colorectal carcinoma were retrieved spanning a 5-year period from 1999 through 2004. The demographic data, primary location and extent of the lesion, and various pathologic characteristics were analyzed.RESULTS: Fifty-seven patients with colorectal carcinoma were included; 45 men and 12 women, age range 21-76~years (mean 44~years). Thirty-six (63\%) subjects were found to be younger than 40~years, whereas 33 (57.8\%) cases had right sided and 24 (42.2\%) left sided colon cancers. Eighteen (31.5\%) patients presented with early (I, II) and 39 (68.5\%) with late (III, IV) stage. Dukes B and C were reported in 53 (92.9\%) patients and out of those, 30 cases presented with right sided colonic carcinoma.CONCLUSION: There is a profound rightward shift of colorectal carcinoma compounded with a rising incidence of advanced lesions in younger age group.}, issn = {0379-5284}, URL = {https://smj.org.sa/content/27/9/1391}, eprint = {https://smj.org.sa/content/27/9/1391.full.pdf}, journal = {Saudi Medical Journal} }