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IS COLORECTAL CARCINOMA IN THE YOUNG A MORE DEADLY DISEASE?
Author(s) -
D'Onofrio G. M. D.,
Tan E. G. C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1985.tb00940.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , disease , oncology , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , cancer , optics , physics
Of the 2923 cases of colorectal carcinoma treated from 1970 to 1 , only 12 (0.4%) were under the age of 30 years, Analysis of this group confirmed the higher incidence of more advanced tumours, as well as a higher frequency of predominantly mucin‐secreting adenocarcinoma. Regardless of the mode of treatment, survival is particularly poor in the young patients, and, in our opinion, this is a reflection of the more aggressive behaviour of the type of carcinoma afflicting young patients.