Prevalencia de cáncer colorrectal hereditario en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el año 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer in the Americas, likewise, each year about 1,200 new cases of colon cancer are registered in Ecuador. Objective: To determine the prevalence of hereditary colorectal cancer research in patients treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the year 2019. Methodology: The present study corresponds to a descriptive, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study, in a sample of 115 patients diagnosed with of hereditary colorectal cancer treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during 2019. Results: The prevalence of colorectal cancer was 18.76% per 100 people in 2019 at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Conclusion: Within the main clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with hereditary colorectal cancer who were treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the year 2019, there is a higher frequency of patients aged between 53-65 years with 52.17%, followed by 17.39% of patients between 80-88 years old and male (55.65%).