Rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer in Australia over two decades: Report and review

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-13

  Young, Joanne P ^a,b,c   Win, Aung Ko ^h   Rosty, Christophe ^f,i,j   Flight, Ingrid ^d,g   Roder, David ^e   Young, Graeme P ^g   Frank, Oliver ^c   Suthers, Graeme K ^c,f   Hewett, Peter J ^c   Ruszkiewicz, Andrew ^c,e,f   Hauben, Ehud ^b   Adelstein, Barbara Ann ^k   Parry, Susan ^l   Townsend, Amanda ^a   Hardingham, Jennifer E ^a,b,c   Price, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f Department of Paediatrics University of Adelaide ^*  (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^l AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Early onset colorectal cancer; Outcomes; Presentation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY CANCER; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; POLYP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919623529     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12792     Document Type: Review

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