Characterization of elderly with diagnosis of colorectal neoplasm

Abstract

Introduction: The colorectal cancer is the most frequent neoplasia of the digestive tract in elderly, as well as the fourth more diagnosed in men and the third in women. Objective: To characterize the patients with colorectal cancer discharged from Amalia Simoni Teaching Clinical-Surgical Provincial Hospital in Camagüey. Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 145 patients discharged from Amalia Simoni Teaching Clinical-Surgical Provincial Hospital in Camagüey with the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, was carried out from January, 2016 to the same month in 2019, a sample of 103 of them was chosen, taking into account inclusion and exclusion criteria. The analyzed variables were: age groups, personal pathological history, forms of presentation of the disease, localization of the tumor and histologic diagnosis. Results: There was a prevalence of the 60-69 age group (41.7 %), women (56.3 %), hairy adenoma and the intestinal inflammatory disease as personal pathological history (36.8 and 30.1 %, respectively), low digestive bleeding as form of presentation (43.6 %), the left side of the colon as more affected localization (76.7 %) and well differentiated adenocarcinomas according to the histologic diagnosis (41.7 %). Conclusions: It is important the active investigation for the early detection of the colorectal cancer, mainly in patients of 60 years and over, with personal pathological history of hairy adenoma and inflammatory intestinal disease that refer low digestive bleeding.

Keywords

• adulto mayor
• cáncer colorrectal
• sangrado digestivo bajo
• factores de riesgo.