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The Rising Incidence of Younger Patients With Colorectal Cancer: Questions About Screening, Biology, and Treatment.
Current treatment options in oncology - 1 Apr 2017
Connell Louise C, Mota José Mauricio, Braghiroli Maria Ignez, Hoff Paulo M
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OPINION STATEMENT: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cancer diagnosed globally and an important cause of cancer-related mortality. Of interest, while we have witnessed a declining incidence trend over the past few decades in the older population, incidence rates for adolescents and young adults have been increasing steadily. Several factors may well explain this apparent epidemic in the young, namely a...
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