Background. Colorectal cancer in young patients (40 years of age or younger) often is considered to have a worse prognosis than in older patients. The authors studied tumor DNA status and stage of disease to determine whether tumors in younger patients behaved differently from tumors in older patien
Management of Young Amsterdam- and Marker-Negative Patients with Colorectal Cancer
โ Scribed by Cannom, Rebecca R.; Kaiser, Andreas M.
- Book ID
- 122829086
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-1489
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