A STUDY OF HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION IN COLORECTAL CANCER

Abstract

Despite of advances in surgical techniques and adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimens, colorectal cancer remains one of the major leading causes of deaths worldwide. Histopathology is an important factor in the treatment and prognosis of cancer. The purpose of this study was to describe the different histopathological pattern in colorectal cancer. 81 cases of colorectal carcinoma received in pathology department over a period of four years were included in the study. The surgical specimen and colonoscopic biopsies' gross features were noted and samples were stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin. Detailed microscopic examination of tumor with lymph node status was done followed by histological typing. Grading of the tumor, age and sex distribution of cases were also noted. The commonest histopathological nding was adenocarcinoma 75.32% followed by mucinous adenocarcinoma 9.88% and signet ring cell carcinoma 8.64%. Among 61 cases of adenocarcinoma most commonly moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma 60.66% was noted.