Thursday, July 1, 2010

Who is the youngest person ever to have colon cancer


Who is the youngest person ever to have colon cancer?
I really want to know and looked it up and couldn't find it.
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Colon cancer in the pediatric population is quite rare and often when it occurs it is linked to hereditary causes. Childhood colorectal cancers are not the same as an older adult type of cancer (research is still in progress to determine how different). It is rare, but it can happen. National Cancer Institute: Colorectal Cancer in children http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/unusual-cancers-childhood/Patient/page4#Section_52 Colorectal carcinoma in children. (ages 7-16) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10549756






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