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The impact of age on colorectal cancer incidence, treatment, and outcomes in an equal-access health care system.
Dis Colon Rectum
March 2014
1Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington 2Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 3University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Background: Inferior outcomes in younger patients with colorectal cancer may be associated with multiple factors, including tumor biology, delayed diagnosis, disparities such as access to care, and/or treatment differences.
Objective: This study aims to examine age-based colorectal cancer outcomes in an equal-access health care system.
Design: This study is a retrospective large multi-institutional database analysis.