colorectal cancer
Type: condition Aliases: early-onset colorectal cancercolon cancer
- Systems Analogy An uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells forming tumors in the colon or rectum.
- Formal Definition A malignancy originating in the colon or rectum, increasingly observed as sporadic early-onset cases in adults under 50, linked to dietary shifts, genotoxic colibactin, and microbiota mutations.
Mentioned In
- Biological CircuitsRise of Early-Onset Cancers
- Moleculecolibactin
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Akimoto N, et al. Rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer - a call to action. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2021;18(4):230-243. ↗
"Early-onset colorectal cancer represents a distinct biological and clinical entity."