Young-onset colorectal cancer

• Main Authors: Spaander, Manon C. W., Zauber, Ann G., Syngal, Sapna, Blaser, Martin J., Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu, You, Y. Nancy, Kuipers, Ernst J.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Clinical-practice Guidelines; Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170589
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the past decades the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in people under the age of 50 years has increased, which is referred to as early-onset CRC or young-onset CRC (YO-CRC). YO-CRC is expected to account for 11% of colon cancers and 23% of rectal cancers by 2030. This trend is observed in dif...