Hyperlipidemia, obesity and high alcohol consumption are risk factors of early-onset colorectal cancer
Objectives:
Despite the widespread increase in the incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (EoCRC), the reasons for this increase remain unclear. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
What are the risk factors of early-onset colorectal cancer?
Study design:
This review article included 20 studies.
With the exception of alcohol consumption, there was considerable heterogeneity among studies [I2 > 60%].