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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1684-18242022000300535</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Causas de muerte en pacientes con cáncer colorrectal en el quinquenio 2016-2020. Colón, Matanzas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Causes of death in patients with colorectal cáncer in the five year period 2016-2020. Colon, Matanzas]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bofill-Falcón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Ortega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Collazo-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Susana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo César]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Docente Comunitario Francisco Figueroa Véliz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>535</fpage>
<lpage>545</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000300535&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000300535&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000300535&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  el cáncer colorrectal constituye la tercera causa de muerte por tumores malignos en Cuba. Su estadio en el momento del diagnóstico es el predictor más importante de supervivencia, por lo que al analizar las causas de muerte se puede conocer la precocidad en su detección.  Objetivo:  determinar las principales causas de muerte de los pacientes fallecidos por cáncer colorrectal.  Materiales y métodos:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de las causas de muerte en 149 pacientes con cáncer colorrectal como causa primaria de muerte en el municipio de Colón, entre el 1 de enero de 2016 y el 31 de diciembre de 2020, notificados en el Registro de Fallecidos de la Dirección Municipal de Salud. Las variables independientes utilizadas fueron: sexo, grupos etarios, edad, causa directa de muerte, causa de sepsis.  Resultados:  predominó el sexo femenino en los pacientes fallecidos por cáncer colorrectal (53 %). La mortalidad se incrementó a partir de los 60 años de edad (124 pacientes, para un 83,2 %). La causa directa de muerte predominante fue la toxemia cancerígena (61,1 %), seguida de la sepsis (28,1 %) y el tromboembolismo pulmonar (3,4 %).  Conclusiones:  las causas de muerte de los pacientes con cáncer colorrectal en el municipio Colón, en el quinquenio 2016-2020, fueron indicativas de enfermedad neoplásica en estadio avanzado y de diagnóstico tardío.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  colorectal cancer is the third cause of death due to malignant cancer in Cuba. Its stage at the time of diagnosis is the most important predictor of survival, so when analyzing the causes of death it is possible to know the precocity in its detection.  Objective:  to determine the main causes of death in patients who died of colorectal cancer.  Materials and methods:  a retrospective descriptive study of the causes of death was carried out in 149 patients with colorectal cancer as the primary cause of death in the municipality of Colon, between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020, recorded in the Death Registry of the Municipal Health Directorate. The independent variables used were: gender, age groups, age, direct cause of death, cause of sepsis.  Results:  female sex predominated in patients who died due to colorectal cancer (53 %). Mortality increased after the age of 60 years (124 patients, for 83.2 %). The predominant direct cause of death was carcinogenic toxemia (61.1 %), followed by sepsis (28.1 %) and pulmonary thromboembolism (3.4 %).  Conclusions:  the causes of death of patients with colorectal cancer in the municipality of Colón in the five-year period 2016-2020 period were indicative of advanced stage neoplastic disease and late diagnosis.]]></p></abstract>
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