Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer Patients in General Hospital of West Nusa Tenggara Province

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumor found in the epithelium of colon and rectum. The incidence of CRC was in third ranks worldwide with 1,849,518 cases, which is 10.2% of all cancer diagnoses and second ranks as the cause of death due to cancer (881,000 deaths in 2018). This study aims to determine the characteristics of patients with CRC based on age group, gender, and location of CRC in inpatients at the general hospital region of west nusa tenggara province for the period May 2019 -May 2021. This study was retrospective descriptive which used secondary data from the Digestive Surgery Patient Book of the General Hospital of NTB Province. Purposive Sampling technique was used to collect the data with a total sample of 150 patients. Based on the research, it was found that the gender distribution of CRC patients was dominated by 84 men (56%), and 66 women (44%). The distribution of the age in CRC patients is dominant in the 46-55-year age group as many as 52 people (34.66%), from that age group there are 35 men (67.3%) and 17 women (32.69). The lowest number of CRC was in the <26-year age group with 5 people (3.33%) with the overall gender being male (100%). Most CRC locations were in the rectum as many as 109 people (72.66%). The location at least was in the transverse colon as many as 4 people (2.66%) and followed by the ascending colon as many as 6 people (4.00%). A profile of the characteristics of CRC patients has been reported which shows that the highest prevalence is found in male patients with the age group of 46-55 years, the highest CRC location in the organ is found in the rectum area.