Open AccessIncreased incidence of young age presentation of colorectal carcinoma: A tertiary cancer hospital study
Author(s) -
Pandu Ranga Kumari Motepalli,
Rajya Lakshmi Nukala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_912_17
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , colorectal cancer , cancer , population , cancer registry , stage (stratigraphy) , retrospective cohort study , rectum , paleontology , physics , environmental health , optics , biology
Colorectal cancer is relatively uncommon malignancy in India when compared with the Western world, disease affecting individuals above 40 years of age and is rare below 40 years of age. However, now there is an increase in young age presentation globally and India.