Sporadic carcinoma of the colon-rectum in young patients: A distinct disease? a critical review

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-269

  Ciarrocchi, Andrea ^a   Amicucci, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon cancer young; Colon carcinoma; Young

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84883216312     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-013-9507-5     Document Type: Review

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