Young patients with colorectal cancer have poor survival in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and long-term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers

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KK Chan · Sultan Ismail Specialist Hospital

B. K. Dassanayake · Colombo North Teaching Hospital

Raeed Deen · Cornell University

RE Wickramarachchi · Colombo North Teaching Hospital

Sumudu Kumarage · Colombo North Teaching Hospital

S. Samita · University of Peradeniya

KI Deen ·

Abstract

If patients, who are less than 40 years old with colorectal cancer, survive twenty months after operation, the prognosis improves and their survival becomes predictable.

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Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

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Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 82-82

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-8-82

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Young patients with colorectal cancer have poor survival in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and long-term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers

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