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ArticleJournal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute2019

Clinicopathological features and survival of colorectal cancer patients younger than 50 years: a retrospective comparative study.

Robabeh Ghodssi-Ghassemabadi, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Shaghayegh Kamian, Mahmood Mahmoudi

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Robabeh Ghodssi-GhassemabadiDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ebrahim HajizadehDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. hajizadeh@modares.ac.ir.
Shaghayegh KamianShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Mahmood MahmoudiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease of old age, but its incidence has been rising among younger population compared to older ones. Nevertheless, there is a controversy over survival of younger patients compared to the older ones. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated the clinicopathological features and survival of the younger (< 50 years) versus older (≥ 50 years) CRC patients.

resultsThe younger and older groups consisted of 39.4% and 60.6% of patients, respectively. Both age groups were comparable regarding the symptom presentation and duration, and pre-operative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The younger patients were diagnosed with a higher proportion of poorly differentiated (14.7% vs. 8.3%; p < 0.001) and more advanced tumors (53.2% vs. 45.9%; p = 0.266). The rectum tumor site was significantly more common among the younger patients (p = 0.021). The overall survival (OS) (p = 0.278), the cancer-specific survival (CSS) (p = 0.233), and the disease-free survival (DFS) (p = 0.497) did not differ significantly between the two groups. Based on Cox regression model, elevated pre-operative CEA level (HR = 1.41; 95%CI of 1.01-1.97), advanced tumor stage (6.06; 95%CI of 3.03-12.15), and poorly differentiated tumor (HR = 1.69; 95%CI of 1.05-2.71) were associated with decreased survival.

conclusionsThe younger patients did not have poor prognosis compared to the older ones despite having an advanced tumor stage and a poor tumor differentiation.

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