Clinical and molecular characteristics of younger versus older patients with colorectal cancer.

630Background: Although overall incidence of colorectal cancer is declining, the incidence for young patients (age 65 based on screening guidelines and average age of diagnosis Results: We evaluated a total of 242 patients, stage I (n = 1), stage II (n = 65), stage III (n = 68), stage IV (n = 105). Mean age was 59.5 (range 27 to 89). A higher percentage of younger pat...