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Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer worldwide, which is less common in the Middle East; its prevalence demonstrated to be 7 persons per 100,000 populations in Iran. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinicopathologic features of CRC patients in West Azerbaijan province of Iran. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. In this crosssectional study, 546 patients who underwent surgical procedures with the pathologic diagnosis of colorectal cancer in both academic and private hospitals of Urmia were enrolled. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The mean age at diagnosis was 55.2 \u00b1 11.5 years. 23% had an age lower than forty years old. Rectal bleeding (26%), abdominal pain (25%), and large bowel obstruction (23%) were three most common presenting symptoms. 26% of patients presented with acute abdomen. 95% of tumors were adenocarcinoma, 4% were lymphoma, and 1% was other rare tumors. Regarding the stage of cancer according to TNM staging system, 6% of patients were in stage I, followed by 37% in stage II, 33% in stage III, and 24% in stage IV. In 44.5% of patients, the tumor was located in rectum. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. In west Azerbaijan province of Iran, patients with colorectal cancer present in younger age and more advanced stages in comparison with the developed countries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5402\/2012\/968560","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,6,13]],"date-time":"2012-06-13T08:17:42Z","timestamp":1339575462000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Colorectal Cancer in Northwestern Iran"],"prefix":"10.5402","volume":"2012","author":[{"given":"Rahim","family":"Mahmodlou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Imam Khomeini Training Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Payvand","family":"Mohammadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, 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