CARACTERIZACI 3N CLINICA Y EPIDEMIOLOGICA DEL C\uc1NCER COLORRECTAL. SERVICIO DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA HOSPITAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITARIO "DR. ANTONIO MARIA PINEDA".

El c\ue1ncer colorrectal es reconocido como un importante problema de salud p\ufablica, con una tendencia general al incremento en ambos sexos; se ubica entre los cinco primeros lugares en relaci\uf3n con la mortalidad. Teniendo en cuenta los diagn\uf3sticos histopatol\uf3gicos, este estudio tuvo como objetivo caracterizar los hallazgos cl\uednicos y epidemiol\uf3gicos del c\ue1ncer colorrectal en los servicios de anatom\ueda patol\uf3gica del hospital central universitario Dr. Antonio Mar\ueda Pineda y policl\uednica Barquisimeto, durante el lapso 2007 - 2011. Se trata de una investigaci\uf3n descriptiva, retrospectiva, la poblaci\uf3n estuvo conformada por 499 pacientes caracterizados por 47,49% mayores de 65 a\uf1os, con predominio del sexo masculino (55,31%) y el tipo histol\uf3gico reportado por biopsias, m\ue1s frecuente, fue el adenocarcinoma (83,77%). El grado histol\uf3gico m\ue1s frecuente el moderadamente diferenciado con 62,20% seguido del bien diferenciado con (23,52%.) La localizaci\uf3n m\ue1s com\ufan fue en recto con 34,46%, seguida de colon ascendente con 30,26%. En consecuencia, este estudio pretende dar un valioso aporte en el diagn\uf3stico de la enfermedad a trav\ue9s de las caracter\uedsticas cl\uednicas y epidemiol\uf3gicas, confirmando que siguen siendo el punto de partida para seleccionar un tratamiento y determinar un pron\uf3stico. PALABRAS CLAVES DEL AUTOR: C\ue1ncer colorrectal. Caracter\uedsticas epidemiol\uf3gicas. Diagn\uf3stico histopatol\uf3gico. ABSTRACT CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF COLORECTAL CANCER. GASTROENTEROLOGY SERVICE. HOSPITAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITARIO "DR ANTONIO MARIA PINEDA" Colorectal cancer is recognized as an important public health problem, with a general tendency to increase in both sexes; it is located in the first five places in relation to mortality. Considering the histopathological diagnostic, this study is aims to characterize the clinical and epidemiological findings of colorectal cancer in pathology services, both, public and private in Barquisimeto, Lara state, during the period 2007-2011. It is a retrospective descriptive investigation, the sample was comprised by 499 patients of whom 47.49% were aged over 65 years, and predominantly male (55.31%) and the most frequent histological type reported by biopsies was adenocarcinoma (83.31%). The most frequent histological type was the moderately differentiated with 62.20%% followed by well differentiated with (23.52 %). The most common location was in the rectum with 34.46%, followed by ascending colon with 30.26 %. Consequently, this study aims to provide a valuable contribution in the diagnosis of the disease through the clinical and epidemiological characterization, confirming that they remain the starting point in selection of a treatment and to determine a prognosis based on these clinical features of the patient. KEY WORDS: Colorectal Cancer. Epidemiological characteristics. Histopathological diagnoses. (MeSH: NLH, Medline).