A large Australian study found important differences between younger and older adults with advanced bowel cancer. Researchers analyzed 1,691 patients whose cancer had spread only to the liver. Patients diagnosed at 50 or younger were more likely to be women, have left-sided tumors and carry certain genetic mutations. They also had better overall survival than older patients after the cancer spread to the liver.
The study was led by Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre and published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
