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A mutational comparison of adult and adolescent and young adult (AYA) colon cancer.
Cancer - 1 Mar 2018
Tricoli James V, Boardman Lisa A, Patidar Rajesh, Sindiri Sivasish, Jang Jin S, Walsh William D, McGregor Paul M, Camalier Corinne E, Mehaffey Michele G, Furman Wayne L, Bahrami Armita, Williams P Mickey, Lih Chih-Jian, Conley Barbara A, Khan Javed
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BACKGROUND: It is possible that the relative lack of progress in treatment outcomes among adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer is caused by a difference in disease biology compared with the corresponding diseases in younger and older individuals. There is evidence that colon cancer is more aggressive and has a poorer prognosis in AYA patients than in older adult patients. METHODS: To further...
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