Colorectal cancer in the young: A 12-year review of patients 30 years or less

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Kam, M H ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Barben, C P ^a   Seow Choen, F ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colorectal cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Young

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442687802     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00596.x     Document Type: Review

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