Open AccessIs sporadic colorectal cancer more aggressive in young people and should the age of colonoscopy screening be reduced?
Author(s) -
Ahmet Sürek,
Sina Ferahman,
Eyüp Gemici,
K Corba,
Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt,
T. Dönmez,
Mehmet Karabulut,
Halil Alış
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2021_071
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , incidence (geometry) , rectum , colonoscopy , pathological , cancer , young adult , gastroenterology , oncology , physics , optics
The present study aims to report the incidence of colorectal cancer patients under 50 years of age and to compare its aggressiveness with colorectal cancer patients over 50 years of age.