以往曾有人认为大肠癌罕见于30岁以下的青年人,因而缺乏警惕,甚至仅以“年青”为由而排除大肠癌的诊断,以致误诊,影响预后。其实,青年人大肠癌并非罕见,近年来更有人指出其发病率似在增加。为引起对此问题的重视,特将我科近4年内诊断之25例青年人大肠癌的病理及临床情况报导如下。 In the past, some people thought that colorectal cancer was rare among young people under the age of 30, and thus lacked vigilance. Even the diagnosis of colorectal cancer was ruled out on the ground of “younger age,” resulting in misdiagnosis and affecting prognosis. In fact, young people with colorectal cancer are not uncommon. In recent years, more people have pointed out that their incidence seems to be increasing. In order to draw attention to this issue, the pathology and clinical status of 25 cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed by our department in the recent 4 years were reported as follows.