Demographic Profile and Etiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Zaria, Northern Nigeria.

Background: HCC is a common cancer worldwide and one of the leading causes of cancer death. This aim of this study is to determine the age and gender characteristics of the HCC patients in our center and to determine the contribution of viral hepatitis (B and C) and alcohol to the etiology of HCC among our patients.

Methodology: This is a retrospective study of HCC patients seen at the gastroenterology unit of ABUTH between April 2015 and September 2018.

Clinical, endoscopic and histological profile of colorectal cancers seen on colonoscopy in Kano, North-Western Nigeria.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most prevalent gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. With 5% risk of developing CRC in life, it became the third leading cause of cancer death in developed nations. In Nigeria, it is the most common GI cancer.