First national survival data for colorectal cancer among Saudis between 1994 and 2004: what's next?

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common malignancy in the Saudi population. This study aimed to review CRC data from the Saudi Cancer Registry (SCR) in order to evaluate the prognostic factors for CRC survival in Saudi patients.

Methods: This study was a retrospective censored overall survival (OS) analysis of CRC data for the period 1994-2004 obtained from the SCR.