Comparative study on clinical pathological characteristics of young and old patients with colorectal cancer
- VernacularTitle:青年与老年结直肠癌临床病理特征的对比分析
- Author:
Fei ZHAO
;
Shiyong LI
;
Bo YU
;
Ping AN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
colorectal neoplasm;
young;
old;
prognosis
- From:Journal of Third Military Medical University
1988;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To compare the clinical pathological characteristics in young and old patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and investigate their relationship with prognosis. Methods A retrospective review was made in 68 CRC patients less than 35 years old and 322 CRC patients older than 65 treated in our hospital from July 1993 to July 2003. Their clinical manifestation, pathological feature, Dukes staging, misdiagnosis rate and results of following-up were compared. Results The main manifestation in young group was abdominal pain (69.1%), but in old group was hemafecia or mucous bloody stools (53.7%). The ratio of poorly differentiated neoplasm was obviously higher in young group (48.5%) than in old group (20.5%) (P
