Early-onset Rectal Cancer

Patients With Early-Onset Rectal Cancer Aged 40 Year or Less Have Similar Oncologic Outcomes to Older Patients Despite Presenting in More Advanced Stage; A Retrospective Cohort Study

The present study aimed to review the characteristics and outcome of early-onset rectal cancer in a subset of Egyptian patients aged 40 years or less. Since the previous studies assessed this point of research in CRC overall, the investigators opted to focus upon rectal cancer alone since it may represent a separate category, distinct from colon cancer, in this age group with regards to presentation, tumor behavior, and outcome.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of either gender aged 40 years or less who presented with rectal cancer of any stage were included to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with colon cancer or other gastrointestinal cancer and patients who were lost to follow-up.