title: Age distribution of patients with carcinoma of the colon in a general hospital in Iran.
abstract: One hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of carcinoma of the colon discharged during a 10 year period (1962 to 1971) from a general hospital in Tehran were studied. Twenty-five patients (21 percent) were younger than 30 years of age and six patients were under 18 years of age. None had familial polyposis or ulcerative colitis. The data are suggestive of a younger age distribution of this disease in our population as compared to that of the Western countries.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms