Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report

Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report

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The incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in patients younger than 50 years. In this population, the disease appears to be more aggressive and advanced at the time of diagnosis, although initial symptoms are similar. Majority of the cases are sporadic tumors, but some are related to hereditar...

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Main Authors: Taiane Francieli Rebelatto, Luiza Haendchen Bento, Rafaela Fenalti Salla, Lucas Pires Ries, Felipe Augusto Almeida, Barbara Rayanne Fior, Roberta Marobin, Luciane Restelatto, Simone Wajner
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Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2016-08-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
câncer colorretal
paciente jovem
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/60684
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spelling doaj-64c7e41f915040ccaadfe4ecff6c0a2c2020-11-25T01:42:36ZengHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)Clinical and Biomedical Research0101-55752357-97302016-08-0136229983Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case reportTaiane Francieli Rebelatto0Luiza Haendchen Bento1Rafaela Fenalti Salla2Lucas Pires Ries3Felipe Augusto Almeida4Barbara Rayanne FiorRoberta Marobin5Luciane Restelatto6Simone WajnerUFRGSHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreThe incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in patients younger than 50 years. In this population, the disease appears to be more aggressive and advanced at the time of diagnosis, although initial symptoms are similar. Majority of the cases are sporadic tumors, but some are related to hereditary syndromes such as Lynch syndrome, which is why genetic testing is indicated. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient with colorectal cancer and no family history of bowel cancer.http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/60684câncer colorretalpaciente jovem
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author Taiane Francieli Rebelatto
Luiza Haendchen Bento
Rafaela Fenalti Salla
Lucas Pires Ries
Felipe Augusto Almeida
Barbara Rayanne Fior
Roberta Marobin
Luciane Restelatto
Simone Wajner
spellingShingle Taiane Francieli Rebelatto
Luiza Haendchen Bento
Rafaela Fenalti Salla
Lucas Pires Ries
Felipe Augusto Almeida
Barbara Rayanne Fior
Roberta Marobin
Luciane Restelatto
Simone Wajner
Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
Clinical and Biomedical Research
câncer colorretal
paciente jovem
author_facet Taiane Francieli Rebelatto
Luiza Haendchen Bento
Rafaela Fenalti Salla
Lucas Pires Ries
Felipe Augusto Almeida
Barbara Rayanne Fior
Roberta Marobin
Luciane Restelatto
Simone Wajner
author_sort Taiane Francieli Rebelatto
title Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
title_short Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
title_full Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
title_fullStr Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Colorectal cancer in young patients: A case report
title_sort colorectal cancer in young patients: a case report
publisher Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
series Clinical and Biomedical Research
issn 0101-5575
2357-9730
publishDate 2016-08-01
description The incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in patients younger than 50 years. In this population, the disease appears to be more aggressive and advanced at the time of diagnosis, although initial symptoms are similar. Majority of the cases are sporadic tumors, but some are related to hereditary syndromes such as Lynch syndrome, which is why genetic testing is indicated. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient with colorectal cancer and no family history of bowel cancer.
topic câncer colorretal
paciente jovem
url http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/60684
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