Does stomach cancer affect young people? - Q and A - Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease...

Q: Does stomach cancer affect young people?

A: Stomach cancer usually affects people older than 70years. But new Mayo Clinic research has discovered that those diagnosed in their 30s, 40s and 50s may have a "genetically and clinically distinct" cancer.

This new form spreads quicker and is less resistant to chemotherapy, researchers found.

Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers..
Source: mayoclinic.org