Assessment of risk factors affecting mortality in patients with colorectal cancer

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INTRODUCTION: The most important risk factors for colorectal cancer are age, high ASA score, anemia, low albumin, tumor stage, histopathological properties, tumor's relationship with adjacent tissues, positivity of surgical borders and timing of the surgical procedure. AIM: To determine possible risk factors for mortality in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: = 25) groups. The groups were compared in terms of several demographic, clinical, biochemical, and histopathological parameters. In addition, risk factors for mortality were analyzed with multivariate analysis. SPSS 22.2, PAST 3, and MedCalc 14 software packages were used for statistical analyses. RESULTS: = 0.025) were independent risk factors for mortality. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that older age, lower hemoglobin level, and high positive/total lymph node ratio were independent risk factors for mortality among colorectal cancer patients.