Younger adults may have the highest risk of presenting with distant-stage colorectal cancer, according to researchers. A distant-stage cancer is one that has spread beyond adjacent organs or tissues.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals aged between 20 and 39 years had the greatest burden of distant early-onset colorectal ...

Copy number differences in EGFR and other amplicons between primary colon tumors and paired lymph node metastasis. Background: Operative management of primary tumor and distant metastases in stage IV ...

Circulating tumor cells as predictive marker in panitumumab after progression of cetuximab in Japanese patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Distant Distant colon cancer means cancer has spread to other areas of the body. The 5-year survival rate for a person with this stage of colon cancer is 14%.

Cancer is generally a disease of the aging, but doctors are seeing more cases of early-onset colorectal cancer, and the sharpest increase in metastatic, early-onset colorectal cancer is among people ...

Long travel times and costs associated with travel can be a significant burden for many cancer patients living in rural communities. HealthDay News — Older patients with stage I to III colon or lung ...