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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies according to continent/region

From: Trends in the epidemiology of young-onset colorectal cancer: a worldwide systematic review

Study

Country

Population /Data Source

Cancer Information

yCRC age range (yr)

N (yCRC cases)

Outcomes

Quality Score

Site

Definition

Stage

Primary/ Secondary

Incidence/Prevalence Trend

 

North America (n = 26 studies)

 Chow, 1991 [14]

USA

SEER-9

colon

ICD-O

not reported

< 55

not reported

incidence

AAPC x sex x ethnicity

18

 Polednak, 1994 [15]

USA

Connecticut Tumor Registry

colorectal

ICD-O

not reported

0 to 44

not reported

incidence

% change in ASR x sex

18

 Marrett, 2002 [16]

Canada

National Cancer Incidence Reporting System, CCR

colorectal

ICD-9

not reported

20 to 44

w: 2692

m: 2876

incidence

AAPC x sex

18

 Cress, 2006 [17]

USA

SEER-13

colorectal, rectum

ICD-O-3

in situ, invasive, localized, regional/distant

0 to 49

w: 6893

m: 7803

incidence

1. APC x sex

2. APC x sex x site

17

 Siegel, 2009 [4]

USA

SEER-13

colorectal

ICD-O-3

local, regional, distal

20 to 49

w: 9733

m: 10, 913

incidence

APC x sex

16

 Meyer, 2010 [18]

USA

SEER-9

colon,

rectum

not reported

not reported

< 20 to 39

w: 3662

m: 3999

incidence

1. APC x site

2. APC x sex x site

17

 Merrill, 2011 [19]

USA

SEER-9

colorectal

ICD-O-2

not reported

30 to 49

not reported

incidence

% change in RAIR x sex x ethnicity

16

 Ellison, 2012 [20]

Canada

CCR

colon,

rectum

ICD-O-3

not reported

20 to 49

not reported

prevalence

APC x age

16

 Giddings, 2012 [21]

USA

California Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-O-3

localized, regional, distant

< 50

w: 1278

m: 1259

incidence

APC x sex x ethnicity

19

 Nancy You, 2012 [5]

USA

National Cancer Database

colon,

rectum

ICD-O-3

stage III, IV

< 50

64,068

incidence

APC x site

18

 Austin, 2014 [22]

USA

CDC NPCR

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

local, regional, distal

< 50

not reported

incidence

1. APC x ethnicity

2. APC x sex x ethnicity

18

 Siegel, 2014 [23]

USA

SEER-13, CDC NPCR

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

local, regional, distal

< 50

w: 6250

m: 7270

incidence

mortality

APC x site

17

 Singh, 2014 [24]

USA

California Cancer Registry

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

local, regional, or distant

20 to 49

20,520

incidence

BAPC x sex x age

19

 Bailey, 2015 [6]

USA

SEER-9

colon,

rectum

not reported

localized, regional, distant

20 to 49

30,708

incidence

1. APC x age

2. APC x age x site

18

 Rahman, 2015 [25]

USA

SEER-18, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

colorectal

not reported

stage 0, I, II, II, IV

< 50

60,023

incidence mortality

AAPC

17

 Patel, 2016 [26]

Canada

National Cancer Incidence Reporting System, CCR, Quebec Cancer Registry

colon,

rectum

ICD-O-3

not reported

15 to 49

1969: 756

2010: 1475

incidence

1. APC x age

2. APC x sex x age

20

 Koblinkski, 2017

US

SEER-18

colorectal

not reported

local, regional, distal

< 50

not reported

incidence

percent change x ethnicity x stage

16

 Sheneman, 2017 [27]

US

Colorado Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-O-3

early, late

< 50

3729

incidence

1. EAPC

2. EAPC x sex

18

 Siegel, 2017 [7]

US

SEER-9, CDC NPCR

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

local, regional, distal

0 to 49

w: 6650

m: 7550

incidence mortality

1. AAPC x site

2. IRR x site

17

 Siegel, 2017 [7]

US

SEER-9

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

not reported

20 to 49

not reported

incidence

APC x age x site

19

 Wang, 2017 [28]

US

Texas Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-O-3

localized, regional, distant

20 to 49

13,028

incidence mortality

APC x age

17

 Ansa, 2018 [29]

US

SEER-18

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

ICD-O-3

localized, regional, distant, or unstaged

0 to 49

57,938

incidence

APC x age

18

 Crosbie, 2018 [30]

US

SEER-9

colorectal

ICD-O-3

not reported

20 to 49

w: 4010

m: 4578

incidence

APC x sex

19

 Ellis, 2018 [31]

US

California Cancer Registry

colorectal

not reported

in situ, localized, regional, distant

20 to 49

w: 1304

m: 1276

incidence

TAPC x sex x ethnicity

18

 Garcia, 2018 [32]

US

SEER-18, CDC NPCR

colorectal

ICD-O-3

localized, regional, distant

20 to 49

not reported

incidence

relative change in IR

18

 Jacobs, 2018 [33]

US

SEER-9

colon,

rectum

ICD-O-3

Stage 0–2, 3, 4

< 55

not reported

incidence

% change of IR

19

Oceania (n = 4 studies)

 Haggar, 2012 [34]

Australia

Western Australia Data Linkage Service

colorectal

ICD-O-3

not reported

15 to 39

500

incidence mortality

APC x sex

18

 Boyce, 2016 [35]

Australia

New South Wales Central Cancer Registry

colon,

rectum

ICD-O-3 and ICD-10

localised, regional, distant

< 30 to 49

w: 971

m: 1030

incidence mortality

average annual linear trend in R

19

 Gandhi, 2017 [36]

New Zealand

New Zealand Cancer Registry

proximal colon, distal colon, rectum

not reported

not reported

< 50

not reported

incidence

rate of change of IR

19

 Troeung, 2017 [37]

Australia

Western Australia Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-9 and ICD-10

tumour grade

15 to 39

w: 256

m: 261

incidence mortality

1. APC overall

2. APC x sex

19

Europe (n = 3 studies)

 Zaridze, 1990 [38]

Russia

not well described

colon,

rectum

not reported

not reported

<29 to 49

not reported

incidence

APC x type x sex x age

9

 Larsen, 2010 [39]

Norway

Cancer Registry of Norway

colon,

rectum

ICD-7

not reported

35 to 54

w: 1739

m: 1707

incidence

APC x age

18

 Ullah, 2018 [40]

Ireland

National Cancer Registry of Ireland

colorectal

not reported

not reported

20 to 49

2750

incidence

APC x age

18

Asia (n = 6 studies)

 Nooyi, 2011 [41]

India

Indian Population-Based Cancer Registries

rectum

ICD-O

not reported

35 to 49

not reported

incidence

EAPC x sex x age

16

 Wu, 2012 [42]

China

Shanghai Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-9

not reported

15 to 49

w: 312

m: 259

incidence

APC x sex

19

 Zhou, 2015 [43]

China

Guangzhou Cancer Registry

colon, rectum

ICD-10

not reported

< 50

not reported

incidence

1. APC

2. APC x sex

18

 Nakagawa, 2017 [44]

Japan

Japanese Population-Based Cancer Registries

colon,

rectum

ICD-10

not reported

< 50

not reported

incidence

1. APC x overall

2. APC x site

19

 Sarakarn, 2017 [45]

Thailand

Khon Kaen Cancer Registry

colorectal

ICD-O

stage I, II, III, and IV

< 50

w: 1566

m: 1798

incidence

1. APC

2. APC x sex

17

 Zhang, 2018 [46]

China

Hong Kong Cancer Registry

colon,

rectum

not reported

not reported

20 to 49

8829

incidence

APC x sex x type

20

Africa (n = 1 study)

 Hamdi Cherif, 2014 [47]

Algeria

Population-Based Cancer Registry of Setif

colorectal

ICD-O-3

not reported

15 to 44

not reported

incidence

APC x sex

19

  1. Abbreviations: APC annual percent change (in incidence or prevalence); AAPC average annual percent change; ASR age-standardized incidence rate; BAPC biannual annual percent change; EAPC estimated annual percent change; TAPC triannual percent change; IR incidence rate; w women; m men; yCRC young-onset colorectal cancer; CDC Centre for Disease Control; ICD-O International Classification of Diseases for Oncology; ICD International Classification of Diseases;
  2. SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Registry;
  3. CCR Canadian Cancer Registry;
  4. CDC NPCR Centre for Disease Control National Program for Cancer Registries