Hallmarks of Young Adult Tumors (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Hallmarks of Young Adult Tumors

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Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found key genomic differences between younger and older adult tumors that suggest younger patients may need to be treated differently. Here the scientists compared the total number of mutations seen in breast cancers from younger and older patients.

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Courtesy of Huang lab, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y.

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