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Artigo Científico Acesso embargado Perfil epidemiológico dos carcinomas colorretais em uma cidade do sul de Santa Catarina - Brasil(2017) Altenhhofen, Tiago Miguel GuimarãesIntroduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is considered one of the most prevalent neoplasms in the world, with an estimated 37,000 new cases in Brazil only in 2016. Objectives: This project search analyze the pathological reports obtained from colectomy procedures, partial or complete, verifying the main results, quantifying them in relation to its staging. METHODS: An observational study with a cross-sectional design was used to analyze anatomopathological reports of patients submitted to total or partial colectomy for colorectal carcinoma in the city of Tubarão-SC between 2000 and 2016. Results: 613 patient reports were studied. Men were more affected (52%), aged between 61-70 years (29.7%) with lesions in the left colon (34.6%) and with an average size of 5.52 cm. There was a predominance of diagnoses with T3 staging (77.8%) by the TNM and C2 classification (41.3%) by the modified Dukes scale. Lymph node involvement was observed in 47.9%, with a median of 12 dissected lymph nodes. There was also an increase in the number of diagnoses in the period studied, at a rate of 2.76 times per year. Conclusions: An increase in the number of CRC diagnoses in the period studied was demonstrated. The other data observed are in agreement with the literature.