Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time to Revisit Guidelines and Prevention?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3026-3030

  Ashktorab, Hassan ^a   Vilmenay, Kimberly ^a   Brim, Hassan ^a   Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^a   Kibreab, Angesom ^a   Nouraie, Mehdi ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Race; Screening; SEER; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973605485     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4207-1     Document Type: Article

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