A Moroccan Colorectal Cancer Database

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Morocco; the number of patients has been increasing over the last decade with the increase being attributed to different changes in the lifestyle. Here, we proposed to build a database for colorectal cancer of Moroccan patients for the purpose to capture all the data that may play a major role in cancer research and for a better managing of healthcare. This colorectal cancer database includes detailed information about family history, risk factors, eating habits and other information related to diagnoses and clinical notes. Patients with colorectal cancer were recorded between 2009 and 2013 from the National Institute of Oncology in Rabat and the Hospital University Center Hassan II in Fez. Data were collected from 525 patients; they were aged between 16–90 years, with 26.3% of colorectal cancer patients were ranging from 50 to 59 years. We observed that 46.1% of cancers were localized in the rectum, 31.1% of complaining symptoms were rectal bleeding and the most used treatment was surgery (62.2%). It is expected that this database will contribute to generating great information about colorectal cancer, provide important information for epidemiological studies and support colorectal cancer research in Morocco.