The demographic profile of patients with colorectal cancer in the Anti Cancer Center of SETIF –ALGERIA

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is the most commonly diagnosed digestive system cancers, raises a public health problem in the worldwide, in Algeria the incidence of colorectal cancer has considerably increased in recent years. This study highlights the demographic profile of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, hospitalized in the Anti-Cancer Center of SETIF, by analyzing the patients’ electronic records of 2017 and 2018, which include age and gender indicators. To achieve the desired outcome, we first decided to give an epidemiological and demographic overview of colorectal cancer patients. The study concludes that colorectal cancer is ranked the second after breast cancer for females and for both sexes, and as for males, it is ranked first. This cancer type affects both sexes, with a slight predominance of males, the sex ratio was 1.13. The mean age of diagnosis was 60.47 years for both sexes, 61.42 years for males and 59.27 years for females. Besides, most of the diagnosed patients are inhabitants of urban areas. This study urges the expansion of patients’ records data to include demographic and social characteristics, along with all specialties that would contribute to setting policies and future planning to curb the spread of this disease.