Although colon cancer is known as a condition affecting post-50 year old people, it does occasionally occur among younger adults. The top
video highlights Candace, a 41 year-old mother of five, whose early symptoms were dismissed by practitioners. The bottom
news story addresses the primary genetic basis for early adult colon cancer,
Lynch syndrome, as it affected one Ohio family. Also hear a recent
interview with MD Anderson's Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, MD, PhD, on the link between genes and colon cancer.
