Colorectal Cancer in Nineveh: Five Years Survival Rate

Overall, colorectal cancer ranks third in terms of incidence but second in terms of mortality, according to the latest GLOBOCAN worldwide estimation in 2018. The aim of this study is to show the survival rates of colorectal cancer patients in Nineveh province for the period 2010 – 2014, a retrospective cohort study, conducted among patients at the Mosul Cancer Registry center. Survival analysis was carried out using the actuarial method to construct the needed life tables. Chi-square test, was used to study the relationship between cancer occurrence and sex, age and stage. The result of this study indicates that the 5 year survival rate (50.1%) with 95% confidence intervals (0.4985-0.5035) in Mosul was between developed and developing countries. The survival of colorectal cancer in men (50.0%) was significantly better than women (43.0%), older patients ≥ 70 years, had a poorer survival rate (25.9%) compared to younger patients <50 years (70.5%) and the survival rate by tumor stage was better in the localized stage (75.4%) than regional and distant stages of (63.6% and 11.7%) respectively.