Early-onset Colorectal Cancer: A study in a Colombian population

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https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.1065

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Colorectal Neoplasms, Colon neoplasms, Early-onset, Colombia

Abstract

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in terms of incidence and the second cause of death secondary to cancer. Early-onset CRC accounts for about 10% of cases and carries a higher mortality than that seen in older patients. We analyze the association between age and the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological characteristics of CRC at the time of diagnosis in a Latin American population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the database of the Gastroenterology Service of Clínica Foscal and Clínica Foscal Internacional in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Results: Between July 2016 and June 2021, 521 cases of de novo adenocarcinoma-type CRC were diagnosed, of which 77 patients (14.7%) were under 50. In patients with early-onset CRC, the prevalence of CRC was higher in women. Family history of CRC was more common in patients younger than 50 years. Hereditary syndromes, particularly familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary non-polyposis CRC, were also more frequent in the youth. Histopathologically, mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell adenocarcinoma were more common in young patients.

Conclusions: The study showed an approach to the characteristics of early-onset CRC in a Latin American population. Increasing the prevention, control, and early detection of CRC in young people is necessary to improve diagnosis and treatment.

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Author Biographies

Juan Pablo Baez-Duarte, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga

Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Juan José Chaves, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

Departamento de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Digestiva, Gastrocenter y Especialidades Médicas, Ipiales, Colombia. Departamento de Patología, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.

Viviana Chaves-Cabezas, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

Departamento de Patología, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.

Ferney Africano-Lopez, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

Departamento de Gastroenterología, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.

Miguel Ochoa-Vera, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga

Grupo de Investigación Clínica, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

German Tovar-Fierro, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga

Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga. Departamento de Gastroenterología y Endoscopia Digestiva, Clínica Foscal y Foscal Internacional, Floridablanca, Colombia.

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2024-03-20

How to Cite

Baez-Duarte, J. P., Chaves, J. J., Chaves-Cabezas, V., Africano-Lopez, F., Ochoa-Vera, M., & Tovar-Fierro, G. (2024). Early-onset Colorectal Cancer: A study in a Colombian population. Revista Colombiana De Gastroenterología, 39(1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.1065

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