Education and management of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Are we making progress? A case report.

A 25-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic for abdominal pain, diarrhea, intermittent rectal bleeding and weight loss. The family history revealed two deaths due to colorectal cancer (maternal grandmother and patient's mother). The colonoscopy showed hundreds of polyps throughout the colon, and an ulcerative rectosigmoidian tumor.

Risk factors for colorectal cancer: an epidemiologic descriptive study of a series of 333 patients.

Aim: The purpose of the research was to evaluate several risk factors for colonic neoplasia and to institute a specialized colorectal cancer (CRC) registry in the 3rd Medical and Surgical Clinics Cluj-Napoca.

Material And Methods: The study comprised 333 patients,155 women, mean age 61.32 +/- 12.

Screening for familial colorectal cancer: the need for continuing education. A case report.

A 37 year old female patient was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in our clinic five years ago (January 1998). The family history revealed three deaths due to colorectal cancer (maternal grandmother, mother's sister and patient's sister), and the patient's mother had been diagnosed with adenomatous polyps (endoscopically removed). Histopathological diagnosis was moderate / poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma.