20-year-old patient: You’re never too young to get colorectal cancer

“I learned the reason right after my diagnosisgenetic testing showed I have Lynch syndrome. It’s a hereditary condition that makes me more likely to develop multiple cancers over my lifetime. I am the first person in my family to have it.”

How having Lynch syndrome has helped me

If there’s anything good to be said about having Lynch syndrome, it’s probably that it made me eligible to participate in a clinical trial …” 

https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/20-year-old-patient–you-re-never-too-young-to-get-colorectal-cancer.h00-159538956.html

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