Colorectal carcinoma in young persons: experience at Howard University Hospital, 1955--1977.
Case records of all patients 30 years of age and under with a proven pathological diagnosis of colorectal cancer at Howard University Hospital between January 1955 and December 1977 were reviewed. Over this 23-year period, 14 cases were documented. All patients were black. This study reaffirms the poor prognosis which accompanies colorectal carcinoma in the young, particularly in those patients with mucinous carcinoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*