Colorectal Cancer in the Young

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Patel, Swati G ^a,b   Ahnen, Dennis J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Gastroenterology of the Rockies   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Chromosomal instability; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; CpG island methylation; LINE 1 hypomethylation; Lynch syndrome; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE BURDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; PROCEDURES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85045021255     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-018-0618-9     Document Type: Review

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