Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Versus Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer: a Prospective Observational Cohort Study to Explore the Clinical, Sociodemographic, Genetic, and Molecular Characteristics Associated With Adverse Oncological Outcomes (
This study aims to investigate the clinical, socioeconomic, behavioral, genetic, and molecular factors characterizing Early Onset Colorectal Cancer (EOCRC) patients compared with Late Onset Colorectal Cancer (LOCRC) patients
• Patients aged more than 18 years old at the time of inclusion.
• Patients with a proven diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma, as reported by the staging histological biopsies.
• Patients with a preoperative staging I-III.
• Patients scheduled for elective curative colorectal resection.
• Patients with rectal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant therapy can be included in the study.
• Patients able and willing to comply with the protocol requirements (samples' collection and questionnaires' compilation).