en عمومى General پژوهشي orginal article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Background & Aims</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Population-based time trend studies show a rising trend in the incidence of gastrointestinal malignancies in India. However, data from the rural population is limited. The aim of this descriptive study was to see the pattern of gastrointestinal cancers and their clinic pathological features in a rural setting hospital.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Materials & Methods</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b> <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">The pathology reports and case files of gastrointestinal malignancies diagnosed in Indian Red Cross Cancer Hospital, Nellore, India from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 (2-year period) were reviewed and data analysed by SPSS version 17.</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Results</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b> <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Totally 93 patients were included in the study. Gastrointestinal malignancies were more common in the 6th decade, and showed male preponderance. Anorectal region was the most affected site. Overall, adenocarcinoma was the predominant type of cancer. Most of them presented with well-differentiated tumors.</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Conclusion</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">This study highlights the characteristic trends of gastrointestinal cancer patients in a rural hospital setting. It emphasises the need for data interpolation across various hospital-based cancer registries.</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></b></span></span></span> Adenocarcinoma, Anorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer 97 102 http://ijrabms.umsu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-240-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Chaitanya Balekuduru bharadwaj.chaitanya@yahoo.com 10031947532846002558 10031947532846002558 Yes Consultant Pathologist, RDT Hsopitals, Bathalapalli, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India Swarnalatha Pathakota swarnalathap1981@gmail.com 10031947532846002559 10031947532846002559 No Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, SVIMS, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India Rajasekhar Reddy Sivaramannagari reddyrajsekhar@rediff.com 10031947532846002560 10031947532846002560 No Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, ACSRGMC, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India Raja Husne Kalam Sheik husne80@yahoo.com 10031947532846002561 10031947532846002561 No Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, ACSRGMC, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India Nanditha Kolluru docnagesh@gmail.com 10031947532846002562 10031947532846002562 No Post Graduate, NTR University of Health Sciences, Nellore, India