A review of the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer in patients with chronic diseases in Iran

Colorectal cancer is one of the wide-spread diseases in many human societies and numerous factors like inflammations, oxidants and chronic diseases are major risk factors for this disease. Investigation about it is important as a general hygiene issue.

In this reviewresearch, information related to colorectal cancer, the risk factors, treatment and related prevention wayswere extracted and studied by searching key words like: colorectal cancer, chronic diseases, chronic diseases and colorectal cancer and risk factors of colorectal cancer, among published articles in databanks such as Iranmedex, Web of science, Pubmed, Science Direct, SID, Ebsco, Google scholar and Magiran.

Generally age, diet, colon polyps, positive family history for colorectal cancer, some underlying diseases such as ulcerative colitis, history of cancer in the person, lack of physical activity, obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, smoking and alcohol are effective factors in colorectal cancer incidence. On the other hand, in spite of taken actions, different reports show that the rate of colorectal cancer is on the risein Iran.

Proper nutritional habits, physical activity suitable to each patient's ability, attending muscular relaxation plan for diabetic patients and the patients with high blood pressure can be promising for reducing the cases of colorectal cancer.