[Cancer of the colon and rectum in young people]. / Il cancro del colon e del retto nei giovani.

A review of surgical treatment for cancer of the colon and rectum has shown that 5 of 87 patients were younger than 30 years old. The symptoms were abdominal pain and anemia and were present about 2 years before the hospital admission. The survival after the surgical treatment was, for all patients, 11 months.