CARCINOMA OF THE COLON AND RECTUM IN PATIENTS LESS THAN 40 YEARS OF AGE

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 157  (4) , 335-337
Abstract
The 31 patients < 40 yr of age treated for carcinoma of the colon accounted for 3.6% of the total number of patients with carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Pain, rectal bleeding, change in intestinal habits and weight loss were the most common presenting symptoms. The average delay between the onset of symptoms and treatment was 6.4 mo. Mucin-producing and poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas were present in 49% of the patients in this study. Metastases to the ovaries occurred in 23% of the female patients. The 5-yr survival rate was only 22%. The importance of early diagnosis and treatment and, in the female patient, of oophorectomy is emphasized.

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