Presentation and outcomes of patients aged 30 years and younger with colorectal cancer: A 20-year retrospective review

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1058-1061

  Al Barrak, Jasem ^a,b   Gill, Sharlene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Outcome; Presentation; Young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DISTANT METASTASIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL COLON RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655176775     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9639-4     Document Type: Article

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