Patterns of Sociodemographic and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Stages II and III Colorectal Cancer Patients by Age: Examining Potential Mechanisms of Young-Onset Disease.

Conclusion. Characteristics of patients diagnosed with young-onset CRC differ considerably by race/ethnicity, with a higher proportion of black and Hispanic patients diagnosed at the age of < 50 years. PMID: 28239395 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28239395?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Cancer Epidemiology - February 28, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Cancer Epidemiol Source Type: research