Amit Sehrawat, Mridul Khanna, Smita Kayal, Deepak Sundriyal, Shraddha Tiwari, Sunu Cyriac, Praveen Ravishankaran, Jomon Raphael, Dominic Mathew, Soumya Surath Panda, Laltendu Moharana, Sumit Subhadarshi Mohanty, Swati Sucharita Mohanty, Ashwin Philips, Deepak Jain, Pamela Jeyaraj, Parvez Haque David, Jaineet Patil, S V Saju, Krishnakumar Rathnam, Neha Sharma, Kaaviya Dheva, Sree Rekha Jinkala, Kalyarasaran Raja, Prasanth Penumadu, Prasanth Ganesan
PURPOSE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) in young adults is a rising concern in developing countries such as India. This study investigates clinicopathologic profiles, treatment patterns, and outcomes of CRC in young adults, focusing on adolescent and young adult (AYA) CRC in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC). METHODS: A retrospective registry study from January 2018 to December 2020 involved 126 young adults (age 40 years and younger) with CRC. Patient demographics, clinical features, tumor characteristics, treatment modalities, and survival outcomes were analyzed after obtaining institutional ethics committees' approval...
May 2024: JCO global oncology