BACKGROUND: @entity14 ( @entity14 ) is the second most common @entity5 in @entity1 and @entity1 affecting 9.7  % population worldwide. Although @entity14 has been progressively declining since 1990 at a rate of about 3  % per year, it still remains the third most common cause of @entity5 deaths. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the patterns of clinical presentation, treatment options and follow-up of @entity14 . METHODOLOGY: Medical records of @entity1 with @entity14 admitted at St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny from January 2009 to December 2014 were included in the study. RESULTS: Out of 113, 57 were males and 28 were 75  years or older. Sixty-seven percent presented in the outpatient clinic. The main presentation symptom was bleeding per rectum (40  %), followed by @entity490 , altered bowel habit, @entity1744 and @entity353 . Mean time delay was 4.79, 6.20 and 4.83  weeks for surgical outpatient department (SOPD), colonoscopy and surgery, respectively. Ninety-eight percent of @entity1 underwent preoperative staging  with computed tomography of thorax, abdomen and pelvis (CTTAP) and 78  % had preoperative @entity787 ( @entity787 ) measurement. Thirty-four percent of  @entity5 had already metastasized to distant organs. Twenty five percent underwent a  right hemicolectomy. Seventy-eight percent received a  primary @entity254 . Ninety-five percent achieved a R0 resection. Sixty-two  percent were given adjuvant chemotherapy. Seventy-six percent had  surgery follow-up and 57  % had excellent follow-up. @entity5 recurred in two @entity1 . Thirty  day mortality was 2  %. CONCLUSION: Our study shows that the mean age group at risk for @entity14 is 65  years (range 54-75). Still, 33  % of @entity1 present to acute surgical assessment units with @entity1442 . Though we did well in terms of operative resections, follow-up still remains a challenge.

Study on XXXX presentation, treatment and follow-up.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity353 :: ('MESH:D015431', 'Disease') :: ['weight loss'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancers', 'cancer', 'Cancer'] @entity254 :: ('MESH:C563598', 'Disease') :: ['anastomosis'] @entity787 :: ('1084', 'Gene') :: ['CEA', 'carcinoembryonic antigen'] @entity1442 :: ('MESH:D020178', 'Disease') :: ['advanced disease'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['Colorectal carcinoma', 'CRC mortality', 'colorectal cancer', 'CRC', 'colorectal carcinoma'] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity1744 :: ('MESH:D043183', 'Disease') :: ['bowel obstruction']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancer']
