Clinical features of young onset colorectal cancer patients from a large cohort at a single cancer center.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study is to describe the demographics and clinical features of patients with young onset (YO) CRC.

Methods

A retrospective review of patients with CRC diagnosed between ages 20 and 49 years was evaluated at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1/2004 to 6/2019. We excluded those with a hereditary CRC syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, or prior CRC diagnosis. Patient demographics; presenting symptoms; medical, surgical, and smoking history; family history of cancer; tumor characteristics; and pathology were obtained from the electronic medical record.

Results

We identified 3856 YO CRC patients (median age CRC diagnosis 43; 52.5% male). A total of 59.1% were overweight or obese (32.2% and 26.9%, respectively). Most (90.1%) had no fa

SUBMITTER: Park L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10007691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature