We undertook this study to determine the relationship between clinical symptoms as predictors for staging colorectal cancer (CRC). We performed a cross-sectional study from January 2000 to January 2005 at the "Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde." All patients with histological diagnosis of CRC were included. Variables analyzed were gender, age, clinical manifestations and location of the tumor, as well as degree of differentiation and time of evolution. We studied 108 patients with CRC. There were 52 female patients (48.1%) and 56 male patients (51.9%). Twenty five patients were