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Is colorectal cancer a more aggressive disease in young patients? A population-based study from the Czech Republic

KOCIAN, Petr, Ivana SVOBODOVÁ, Denisa KREJČÍ, Milan BLAHA, Robert GURLICH et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Is colorectal cancer a more aggressive disease in young patients? A population-based study from the Czech Republic

Authors

KOCIAN, Petr (203 Czech Republic), Ivana SVOBODOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Denisa KREJČÍ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan BLAHA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Robert GURLICH (203 Czech Republic), Ladislav DUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiri HOCH (203 Czech Republic) and Adam WHITLEY (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Cancer epidemiology, Oxford, Elsevier, 2019, 1877-7821

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30204 Oncology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.179

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/19:00112407

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000504659600021

Keywords in English

Colorectal cancer; Age; Survival; Population study; Epidemiology

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 15/1/2020 14:40, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Introduction: The incidence of colorectal cancer in young patients is increasing. The goal of this study was to investigate whether clinicopathological features and survival differed between young, middle-aged and elderly patients. Methods: The Czech National Cancer Registry was searched to identify all cases of colorectal cancer between 1982 and 2014. Three subgroups of patients were created: young patients, defined as being between 18 and 40 years of age, middle-aged patients, defined as being between 41 and 74 years of age, and elderly patients, defined as being over the age of 75 years. Results: A total of 192,241 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer between the years 1982 and 2014 were included in the study. Out of these, 3,287 patients (1.7%) were between 18 and 40 years of age, 134,139 patients (69.8%) were between 41 and 74 years of age and 54,815 patients (28.5%) were 75 years of age or older. The young patients had a higher incidence of mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma, more advanced disease and more rectal tumours than elderly patients. Nonetheless, young patients received treatment more frequently and had better cancer-specific survival than the older patients. Conclusion: The better prognosis in young patients is presumably due to their better physiological reserve and lower incidence of comorbidities. Efforts should be made in younger patients to diagnose early and treat aggressively.