Predictors of delayed-stage colorectal cancer: are we neglecting critical demographic information?

Purpose: We sought to distinguish roles of demographic variables and bowel segments as predictors of delayed versus early stage colorectal cancer in California.

Methods: Demographic and anatomic variables for 66,806 colorectal cancers were extracted from the California Cancer Registry for 2004-2008 and analyzed using logistic regression as delayed versus early stage.

Results: Odds ratios (OR) for binary stage categories comparing age <40 (OR=2.