colorectal cancer

Clinicopathological Features of Colorectal Cancer at the Extremes of Age

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10.7727/wimj.2016.443

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CRC in the young and elderly patients is not uncommon. Patients present with locally advanced disease and similar clinicopathological features to patients of a screenable age, emphasizing the importance of clinical vigilance if we are going to diagnose and treat these patients in a timely manner.

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Objective: To determine the clinicopathological features of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) at the extremes of age and compare differences across the younger and older age groups.

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28 Feb, 2017

Accepted:

24 Mar, 2017

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e-Published: 18 May, 2017

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Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Toward an Evidence-based Approach Suitable to the Region

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 7: Sept (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.299

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649–50

Synopsis:

Rectal cancer is the most common site in the colorectal spectrum and many patients present at an advanced stage. Short course radiotherapy is proposed as neo-adjuvant therapy to qualified patients as it is less expensive, requires less time, has greater compliance and less acute toxity, without compromising efficacy.

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14 Nov, 2012

Accepted:

30 Nov, 2012

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Caribbean

colorectal cancer

conventional chemoradiation

short course radiotherapy

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JM Plummer

SN Ward-Chin

PO Roberts

e-Published: 22 Jan, 2014

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Colorectal Cancer

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Vol 60, issue 2 (2011)

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106

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e-Published: 17 Oct, 2013

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Adequacy of Lymph Node Harvesting in Colorectal Cancer Management Improving Standards, Ensuring Quality

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Vol 61, issue 2 (2012)

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134–8

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The adequacy of lymph node resection at the University Hospital of the West Indies meets accepted standards for right-sided colon cancers but is less than adequate for left-sided cancers. Ensuring adequate node sampling is a dual responsibility of the reporting pathologist and attending surgeon as this has important implications for treatment, prognosis and quality of care.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the adequacy of nodal sampling in resection specimens for colorectal carcinoma in a Jamaican population.

Methods: The pathology records of all patients who underwent operation for colorectal carcinoma at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) during the five-year period, 2003−2007, were reviewed. Pertinent clinical and pathologic data were obtained and analysed.

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e-Published: 19 Aug, 2013

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Colonoscopy in Central Jamaica: Results and Implications

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Vol 61, Issue 6 (2012)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2011.170

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610–4

Synopsis:

A review of the outcome of 1250 colonoscopies performed in central Jamaica reveals adequate caecal cannulation rate, but a perforation rate of 0.24%. Ten per cent of the patients had cancer diagnosed at colonoscopy, while a similar number had adenomas.

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lower gastrointestinal bleeding

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N Meeks-Aitken

JM Plummer