Predictive value of initial imaging and staging with long-term outcomes in young adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer

Autor: Fiona Tissavirasingham, Madison Kocher, Jeremy R. Burt, Jeffrey Waltz, Ashley Ramirez, Basel Yacoub, Sydney A Burt, Andres F. Abadia
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Abdominal Radiology. 46:909-918
ISSN: 2366-0058
2366-004X
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02727-9
Popis: To evaluate how initial abdominopelvic CT findings and staging correlate with outcomes in a cohort of patients aged 18–40 years. We evaluated all young adult patients at a single tertiary center diagnosed with histopathologically confirmed CRC who also had CT of the abdomen and pelvis at the time of initial diagnosis. Demographics, symptoms, CT findings, staging, treatments, and outcomes at 1 year and 5 years were recorded. Of 91 patients who met initial inclusion criteria, 81.8% had a mass present on CT, with an average size of 4.8 cm ± 2.9. A majority of patients were surgical stage III or IV (64.3%). Advanced AJCC stage was more common with rectal tumors and metastatic disease on initial CT (p
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