Malignant colorectal tumours in young adults.
The therapeutic and diagnostic problems of colorectal cancers in young adults (under the age of 40 years) are discussed, with special considerations to the unfavourable prognosis and its underlying causes. At the Department of Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Altogether 638 patients were treated for colorectal cancer in the course of 10 years (1975-1985). From them 34 (5.2%) were younger than 40 years old. The 5-year survival of patients younger than 40 years was 38%, while that of those older than 40 years accounted for 48%. The importance of the prudence of the general practitioners is emphasized.
Molnár
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Department of Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.
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Besznyák
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate