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Young-onset colorectal cancer.
Nature reviews. Disease primers - 27 Apr 2023
Spaander Manon C W, Zauber Ann G, Syngal Sapna, Blaser Martin J, Sung Joseph J, You Y Nancy, Kuipers Ernst J
Abstract excerpt
In the past decades the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in people under the age of 50 years has increased, which is referred to as early-onset CRC or young-onset CRC (YO-CRC). YO-CRC is expected to account for 11% of colon cancers and 23% of rectal cancers by 2030. This trend is observed in different parts of the world and in both men and women. In 20% of patients with YO-CRC, a hereditary cancer syndrome is...
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