Colonic cancer in adolescents. A report of three cases

Colorectal cancer is a common malignant neoplasm in adults, with a peak incidence of 60–79 years. About 1 million cases of the disease and half a million deaths associated with it are reported world-wide each year. Colorectal cancer, however, is very uncommon in children and adolescents. This is a p...

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Autores principales: Odike, M.A.C, Dongo, A. E, Alufohai, E.F, Odike, A. I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139913
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e34
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Sumario:Colorectal cancer is a common malignant neoplasm in adults, with a peak incidence of 60–79 years. About 1 million cases of the disease and half a million deaths associated with it are reported world-wide each year. Colorectal cancer, however, is very uncommon in children and adolescents. This is a presentation of 3 cases of colon cancer in Nigerians aged 17 and 19 years. Two of them were adenocarcinoma and the other leiomyosarcoma. The pathogenesis and aspects of management are discussed.

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