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. 2021 Aug;26(8):625-629.
doi: 10.1002/onco.13849. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

A Coordinated Clinical Center for Young Onset Colorectal Cancer

Robin Mendelsohn #  1 , Randze Lerie Palmaira #  1 , Melissa Lumish  1 , Joseph Bacani  1 , Asha Krishnan  1 , Jill Weiss  1 , Rosemary Semler  1 , Anne Casson  1 , Ashley Arkema  1 , Jeanne Carter  1   2 , Christian Nelson  2 , John Mulhall  3 , Julio Garcia-Aguilar  3 , Zsofia Stadler  1 , Hadley Maya  1 , Andrea Cercek  1
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A Coordinated Clinical Center for Young Onset Colorectal Cancer

Robin Mendelsohn et al. Oncologist. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

The increase in young onset colorectal cancer and the complex care needs of young cancer patients spurred the development of the Center for Young Onset Colorectal Cancer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This article describes the lessons of the first 2 years at the Center, including development of the program and specific services provided.

Keywords: Colon cancer; Implementation; Program evaluation; Young onset colorectal cancer.

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Figure 1
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Center for Young Onset Colorectal Cancer's coordinated clinical program involves gastrointestinal oncology, colorectal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, radiation oncology, and gastroenterology, as well as support services, such as social work, fertility, sexual health, genetics, nutrition, integrative medicine, and psychology/psychiatry. In addition to these clinical services, patients are also approached for enrollment in research protocols involving tumor profiling, germline testing, and stool collection for microbiome analysis. Abbreviations: GI, gastrointestinal; CRC, colorectal cancer; EO‐CRC, early onset colorectal cancer. [Correction added after online publication, June 19, 2021: Figure 1 was replaced.]
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Figure 2
Quarterly accrual from April 2018 through March 2020. Abbreviation: MSKCC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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