Comparable survival for young rectal cancer patients, despite unfavourable morphology and more advanced-stage disease
- Orsini, Ricardo G.
- Verhoeven, Rob H. A.
- Lemmens, Valery E. P. P.
- van Steenbergen, Liza N.
- de Hingh, Ignace H. J. T.
- Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A. P.
- Rutten, Harm J. T.
Publication date
September 2015
DOIAbstract
Background: Young patients with rectal cancer tend to present with more advanced-stage disease and unfavourable tumour morphology. The effects of these tumour characteristics on survival in this particular patient group are unclear. Methods: Population-based data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR) were used. Data from patients diagnosed with rectal cancer between 1989 and 2010 were selected. Younger patients
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