BACKGROUND: @entity788 is predominantly a disorder of the elderly population in the United States. In Egypt, the disease has traditionally been considered rare, and there has not been a previous publication on its population-based incidence or age distribution. METHODS: We reviewed the records of 728 @entity788 @entity1 seen at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Center of Mansoura University in the East Nile Delta region of Egypt between 1995 and 2000. We computed population-based, age-specific, and age-adjusted incidence rates in this population and compared them with US incidence rates from the Epidemiology Surveillance and End Results (SEER) Program. We also analyzed clinical characteristics of the @entity1 , as well as their surgical and medical management. RESULTS: Approximately one-fourth of all @entity1 were under age 50. The mean ages of @entity1 who had undergone Whipple's resection, other surgical procedures, and no surgical procedure were 52.9 +/- 11.6, 54.11 +/- 10.5, and 55.1 +/- 14.1 yr, with no statistically significant differences. Age-adjusted incidence rates were higher in Egyptian @entity1 than in US @entity1 under age 65 (7.1/100,000 vs 3.3/100,000) but were much higher in US @entity1 than in Egyptian @entity1 over age 65 (6.6/100,000 vs 59.1/100,000). Clinical management did not differ between @entity1 under and over age 50. CONCLUSION: The population in the East Nile Delta region of Egypt exhibits an unusually high rate of young-onset @entity788 . Further studies to investigate the epidemiology of @entity788 in this population may provide clues to its etiology.

Unusually high rate of young-onset XXXX in the East Nile Delta region of Egypt.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['Pancreatic cancer', 'pancreatic cancer']
@entity788 :: (MESH:D010190,Disease) :: ['pancreatic cancer']
