Correlation Between Blood Group ,Rh and Obesity With Colorectal Carcinoma Among Patients Attending Al-kindy Teaching Hospital/Baghdad

Cancer is an important leading cause of great psychosocial and economic burden worldwide and about 1.23 million individual annually affected by CRC which is considered as the most common type of cancer ( 9.7 % of overall cancers )and 8 % ( 608,000 case ) died with CRC overall cancer death cases , so it's the fourth most common cause of death among different types of cancer .

There is variability in distribution of cases worldwide , as explained by epidemiological data which showed about 60 % of CRC cases presented in developed countries ( 2 % per year ) while in developing countries there is annual increase in the incidence of CRC cases with proportion occurring among patients with age ≤ 40 years is 2 - 8 percent in western countries while in middle east region its about 15 - 35 percent and the incidence rate is less in female than in male with favorable female gender as a prognostic factor over male .

There are three different risk groups for CRC, these are FAP, hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer syndrome (lynch syndrome), and genetic mutations that lead to sporadic colon cancer .

The exact cause is unclear but many factors are involved including environmental and genetic . About 24 % of the cases with CRC are due to genetic factors while 75 % of the cases are sporadic and 1 % in patients with pre -existing IBD . Those who immigrates to area with high incidence of CRC from low incidence area may prone to develop CRC which may be related to consumption of red meat and decrease physical activity .

The environmental factors including dietary factors like : Lack of fiber , high-fat diet and exposure of mucosa to high levels of bile acids due to impairment of enterohepatic circulation which leading to form carcinogens from degradation of bile salts while previous cholecystectomy has not been proved to be risk for developing CRC .