The treatment of colorectal cancer in young patients/Dr. Arjona Sánchez replies

Regarding the article "Colon cancer presenting as an appendiceal abscess in a young patient"1 published online in the Canadian Journal of Surgery, colorectal cancer in young patients is very aggressive with a poor prognosis. The second surgery in the patient should have been supported with a transoperatory histopathologic study to demonstrate its benignancy. Otherwise, such malignancy is treated with a radical surgery: right hemicolectomy with or without an ileotransverse colonic anastomosis, depending on the conditions of the abdominal cavity and the experience of the surgeon. Only the benign pathology is treated with minor surgical procedures. Further, a 6- month follow-up is too …