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International Journal of Colorectal Disease

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01-03-2012 | Original Article

Gender differences in colorectal cancer during the past 20 years in Taiwan

Authors: Tzu-An Chen, Hsiao-Yen Kang, Huan-Cheng Chang, Wen-Chu Lin, Tsung-Ming Chao, Jorng-Tzong Horng

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 3/2012

Abstract

Purpose

Gender differences in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence have been previously reported. We designed this population-based study to determine if this gender difference was restricted to specific patient subgroups.

Methods

Using the Taiwan Cancer Registry database, we identified a total of 124,314 CRCs registered from 1988 to 2007. We compared the incidence of CRCs by gender in all CRCs, in colon and rectal cancers considered separately, and in right-sided versus left-sided colon cancers.

Results

In individuals aged 50 years and older, the incidence of CRCs was lower in females compared with males. For right-sided colon cancers, the incidence in both genders was similar. Because the proportion of right-sided colon cancer accounted for only one fourth of the total CRCs, its influence on the incidence of total CRCs is reduced.

Conclusions

Although the incidence of total CRCs is male dominant, the actual gender difference in CRC incidence in Taiwan is limited to the left side of the colon.

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Title: Gender differences in colorectal cancer during the past 20 years in Taiwan
Authors: Tzu-An Chen
Hsiao-Yen Kang
Huan-Cheng Chang
Wen-Chu Lin
Tsung-Ming Chao
Jorng-Tzong Horng
Publication date: 01-03-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-011-1318-1

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Gender differences in colorectal cancer during the past 20 years in Taiwan

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