Symptoms of Colon Cancer : Ban Pong Hospital

Abstract

The purpose of this retrospective study was to identify the presenting features of colon carcinoma patients, leading to early diagnosis and rapid surgical intervention which improved the outcome of the treatment and reduced the patientsี suffering.  The data were collected from 47 colon carcinoma patients treated by the Surgery department, Ban Pong hospital between 2003 and 2007.

The result showed that most of the patients had bowel habit changing presented with diarrhea and other symptoms of bowel dysfunction.  The most common site was sigmoid colon (29.8%). Those patients received the sigmoidectomy, anterior or low anterior resection operation.

The metastatic tumor was frequently found at liver (23.5%).  Screening test of colon carcinoma by using CEA in this study showed false negative (1:3).