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

Background and Aims. As a first step toward understanding the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in younger (age < 50) populations, we examined demographic, clinicopathologic, and socioeconomic characteristics and treatment receipt in a population-based sample of patients newly diagn...

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Main Authors: Caitlin C. Murphy, Hanna K. Sanoff, Karyn B. Stitzenberg, John A. Baron, Jennifer L. Lund, Robert S. Sandler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4024580