SUMMARYBackground: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common forms of gastrointestinal cancer in the world today. In the Asia-Pacific area, it is the fastest emerging gastrointestinal cancer. Aim: To determine the basic demographic features of patients with colorectal cancer and the anatomic distribution and characteristics of the tumour in a local Asian population. Methods: We conducted a review of consecutive patients who had undergone colonoscopy from
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