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Young‐onset colorectal cancer in the Asia–Pacific region
Author(s) -
Kyaw Moe,
Sung Joseph JY
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.00957
Subject(s) - citation , library science , medicine , history , computer science
hen O’Connell and colleagues published their systematic review of young-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) in W 2004, defined as CRC in a person no older than 40 years of age, there had only been one study in the AsiaePacific region. Several reports have subsequently raised concerns about an increasing incidence of young-onset CRC in this region. If the number of patients is indeed rising, should we respond to this epidemiological problem with new measures?