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Disparities Exist in Young Patients with Colorectal and Gastric Cancers

As the incidence of colorectal and gastric cancers in younger patients has risen in recent years, researchers have found this population to have other factors in common — most notably ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. Dr. Amir Khan and his team analyzed data from the California Cancer Registry spanning from 2000 to 2012 to find information on the different age groups of patients who have received colorectal and gastric cancer diagnoses. They found an increased incidence of the disease in patients aged 18-40, and that these younger patients were more likely to be uninsured, of low socioeconomic status or of Hispanic descent. During the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Khan, a fellow in surgical oncology at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, met with CURE® to discuss the results of his team’s study and the data their findings have uncovered. View more at http://curetoday.com/ CURE: Combining science and humanity to make cancer understandable.