The characteristics of large bowel cancer in the low-risk black population of the Witwatersrand

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 366-370

  Boytchev, H ^a   Marcovic, S ^a   Oettle, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Large bowel colorectal cancer; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RECTUM CANCER; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032744432     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Sitas F. Histologically diagnosed cancers in South Africa, 1988. S Afr Med J 1994; 84(6):344-88
2. Segal I, Cooke SAR, Hamilton DG, Ou Tim L. Polyps and colorectal cancer in South African blacks. Gut 1981; 22(8):653-7
3. Keeley KJ. Alimentary disease in the Bantu: A review. Med Proc 1958;4:281-6
4. Higginson J, Oettle AG. Cancer incidence in the Bantu and "Cape Coloured" races of South Africa: Report of a cancer survey in the Transvaal (1953-55). J Nat Cancer Inst 1960; 24:589-671
5. Bremner CG. Anorectal disease in the South African Bantu. III. Carcinoma of the rectum. S Afr J Surg 1965; 3:35-40
6. Oettle AG, Higginson J. Age-specific cancer incidence rate in the South African Bantu: Johannesburg, (1953-1955). 5 Afr J Med Sci 1966; 31:21-41
7. Oettle AG. Primary neoplasms of the alimentary canal in Whites and Bantu of the Transvaal, 1949-1953. A histopathological series. Nat Cancer Inst Monograph 1966; No. 25: 97-131
8. Bremner CG, Ackerman LV. Polyps and carcinoma of the large bowel in the South African Bantu. Cancer 1970; 26(5): 991-9
9. Oettle GJ, Segal I. Bowel function in an urban black African population. Dis Colon Rectum 1985; 28(10) : 717-20
10. Mayor-Davies J, Britz RS, Menashe L. A review of carcinoma of the colon and rectum over a 3-year period at Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg. S Afr J Surg 1992; 30(4):147-50
11. Kenda JF. Cancer of the large bowel in the African: a 15-year survey at Kinshasa University Hospital, Zaire. Br J Surg 1976; 63(12): 966-8
12. Sitas F, Terblanche M, Madhoo J. Incidence and geographical distribution of histologically diagnosed cancer in South Africa, 1990 & 1991. Johannesburg: National Cancer Registry, 1996
13. McCoy GF, Parks TG. Colorectal cancer in young patients: a 20-year retrospective review. J Roy Coll Surg Edin 1984; 29(2):129-33
14. Isbister WH, Fraser J. Large bowel cancer in the young: A national survival study. Dis Colon Rectum 1990; 33(5): 363-6
15. Elliot MS, Steven DM. Carcinoma of the colon and rectum in patients under 30 years of age. S Afr Med J 1984; 66(4):129-31
16. Axtell LM, Chiazze L. Changing relative frequency of cancers of the colon and rectum in the United States. Cancer 1966; 19(6):750-754
17. Rhodes JB, Holmes FF, Clark GM. Changing distribution of primary cancers in the large bowel. J Am Med Ass 1977; 238(15):1641-3
18. Rosato FE, Marks G. Changing site distribution patterns of colorectal cancer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dis Colon Rectum 1981; 24(2): 93-5
19. Mamazza J, Gordon PF. The changing distribution of large intestinal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 1982; 25(6):558-562
20. McArdle CS, Hole D, Hansell D, Blumgart LH, Wood CB. Prospective study of colorectal cancer in the West of Scotland: 10-year follow-up. Br J Surg 1990; 77(12): 280-2
21. Wilson R, Gilliland R, Kee F, Sloan J, Rowlands B, Moorehead J. Increasing incidence of proximal colorectal cancer. Br J Surg 1992; 79: suppl. S30
22. Kee F, Wilson RH, Gilliland R, Sloan JM, Rowlands BJ, Moorehead RJ. Changing site distribution of colorectal cancer. Br Med J 1992; 305(6846): 158
23. Levi F, Radimbison L, la Vecchia C. Trends in subsite distribution of colorectal cancers and polyps from the Vaud Cancer Registry. Cancer 1993; 72(1): 46-50
24. Loffeld RJLF, Putten ABBM, Balk A. Changes in localization of colorectal cancer: Implications for clinical practice. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1996; 11(1): 47-50
25. Mulligan TO. The pattern of malignant disease in Ilesha, Western Nigeria. Br J Cancer 1970; 24(1):1-10
26. Williams OA, Edington GM. Malignant disease of the colon, rectum and anal canal in Ibadan, Western Nigeria. Dis Colon Rectum 1967; 10(4):301-8
27. Edington GM, MacLean CMU. A cancer rate survey in Ibadan, Western Nigeria, 1960-63. Br J Cancer 1965; 19(3): 470-81
28. Owor R. Carcinoma of the colon and rectum in Uganda Africans. East Afr Med J 1983; 60(4): 228-31
29. Nwafu DC, Ojukwo JO. Malignant disease of the colon, rectum and anus in Nigerian Igbos. Ann Roy Coll Surg Engl 1980; 62(2):133-5
30. Iliyasu Y, Ladipa JK, Akang EEU, Adebamowo CA, Ajao OG, Aghadiuno PU. A twenty-year review of malignant colorectal neoplasms at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Dis Colon Rectum 1996; 39(5):536-40
31. Pillay SP, Moshal MG, Spitaels JM, Bhoola R, Reddy P, Engelbrecht H, Baker LW. Etiology of colonic strictures in South African black and Indian patients. Dis Colon Rectum 1981; 24(2):107-13
32. Munyaradzi OM. Carcinoma of the stomach and large bowel - a comparative study of the incidence in blacks and whites in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. S Afr J Surg 1979; 17(4):179-87
33. van der Merwe CF, Manolakis G, Lemmer LB. Gastrointestinal malignancies in black patients. A 15-year survey (1976-1991). Incidence and frequency by age, sex and site. S Afr Med J 1992; 82(1): 54
34. Biru M. Spectrum of large bowel disease in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. S Afr Med J 1997; 87(6): 755
35. Stein CM, Gelfand M, MacDougall CN. Cancer of the colon and rectum in Zimbabweans. Cent Afr J Med 1985; 31(5):88-92
36. Stein CM. The pattern of malignancy in Mashonaland. Cent Afr J Med 1984; 30(4): 64-68; 84-6
37. Akinola DO, Arigbabu AO. Pattern and presentation of large bowel neoplasms in Nigerians. Cent Afr J Med 1994; 40(4): 98-102
38. Murphree S, Nkanza NK. Carcinoma of the large bowel in black Zimbabweans. Cent Afr J Med 1988; 34(8):195-8
39. Naaeder SB, Archampong EQ. Cancer of the colon and rectum in Ghana: a 5-year prospective study. Br J Surg 1994; 81(3): 456-9
40. Lule G, Segal I. Spectrum of large bowel disease in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya 1991-1995. S Afr Med J 1997; 87(6): 754-5
41. Kagimu M, Wabinga H, Bhaga HR, Mistry RS, Hale M, Segal I. Cancers of the oesophagus, stomach and colorectum: comparison between Kyadondo County (Uganda) and Soweto (South Africa) 1990-95. S Afr Med J 1997; 87(6): 755
42. Elmasri SH, Boulos PB. Carcinoma of the large bowel in the Sudan. Br J Surg 1975; 62(4):284-6
43. Ajao OG, Adenuga MO, Ladipo JK. Colorectal carcinoma in patients under the age of 30 years: a review of 11 cases. J Roy Coll Surg Edin 1988; 33(5):277-9
44. Keighley MRB, Williams NS. Surgery of the Anus, Rectum and Colon. London: WB Saunders; 1993. pp 830-85
45. Adekunle OO, Abioye AA. Adenocarcinoma of the large bowel in Nigerians: A clinicopathological study. Dis Colon Rectum 1980; 23(8):559-63
46. Skalsky J, Jaques PH. Colorectal cancer in young blacks: an epidemic in Gazankulu? S Afr Med J 1989; 76(11): 602-4
47. Segal I, Walker ARP, Naik I, Riedel L, Daya B, de Beer M. Malabsorption of carbohydrate foods by urban blacks. S Afr Med J 1991; 80(11-12):543-5
48. Thornton JR. High colonic pH promotes colorectal cancer. Lancet 1981; 1(8229):1081-3
49. Walker AR, Walker BF, Walker AJ . Faecal pH, dietary fibre intake, and proneness to colon cancer in four South African populations. Br J Cancer 1986; 53(4):489-95
50. Segal I, Walker ARP, Lord S, Cummings JH. Breath methane and large bowel cancer risk in contrasting African populations. Gut 1988; 29(5): 608-13