Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common neoplasm in Turkey and in the world and their incidence has increased in recent years (Jemal et al., 2010; Karaca et al., 2011). At diagnosis, 30-40 per cent of colorectal cancer patients have metastatic disease. For patients with advanced colorectal cancer treatment is usually palliative and mainly consists of systemic chemotherapy (Scheithauer ...

Abstract Peritoneum is a serosal membrane lining the solid viscera and hollow viscus of abdomen made single layer mesothelial cells. The most common primaries that spread to peritoneum include gastrointestinal, ovarian, colorectal, peritoneal metastases can be seen at some point during disease course in 15 43%, 60 70% 20% patients, respectively. Other malignancies involving such as primary carc...

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice1 (Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, University Clinical Hospital – Central Veterans Hospital in Łódź2 Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, University Hospital in Cracow3 Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, University Clinical Center in Gdańsk4 2nd Dep...

Endobronchial metastases (EBM) secondary to extrapulmonary primary tumours are rare. The most common solid malignant tumours associated with EBM are breast, renal and colorectal carcinomas. This case report describes the first documented case of EBM from anal canal carcinoma. This neoplasm constitutes less than 1% of colorectal tumours. The clinical presentation of this entity is variable, bein...

Many studies suggest that Western lifestyle and dietary factors may be responsible for the high incidence of colorectal cancer in industrialized countries. Consumption of high amounts of red and processed meat and low intake of fiber and multiple protective phytochemicals found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains might be responsible for the high incidence of this neoplasm in the Western wo...

BACKGROUND Most colorectal cancers develop from adenomas. We aimed to estimate sex- and age-specific incidence rates of colorectal adenomas and to assess their potential implications for colorectal cancer screening strategies. METHODS Sex- and age-specific incidence rates of colorectal adenomas were derived by a birth cohort analysis using data from 4,322,085 screening colonoscopies conducted...