I was diagnosed with MM over 4 years ago when I was 26. I have been treated by several of the top MM Docs. As mentioned before, there are not really enough young patients to answer your question very well, but they have all told me logic would agree that being young can only help. I don’t know where you live, but Dr. Barlogie at the University of Arkansas is probably considered the “best” for MM, although from my experience, I thought he was too aggressive, and did a lot of unnecessary tests. Along with Barlogie, Dr. Durie at Ceder-Siani in LA is the other “top” Doc, although he only consults these days, but the head doc there Dr. Vescio is also one of the best, as well as a really nice guy. Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is also another top place, Dr. Burello is probably the best there, he was my favorite oncologist so far (put me into remission without making me too sick). Other places that are great for MM (but I have not been to) are MD Anderson in Houston TX and Dana Farber in Boston MA—- there are a few others—Go to a specialist, I have met a lot of people with MM who get some really weird treatments from their local oncologists. Let me know if you would like any advice, or just want to talk---stanky_williams@hotmail.com