Colorectal cancer incidence rising in younger people

Colorectal cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is increasing in the younger population.  While overall rates for people in their 50’s has declined by about 3 percent per year in men and 2.3 percent per year in women, the American Cancer Society reports rates in people ages 18 to 49 are increasing by as much as 2.1 per cent each year.

While much of the research still focuses on colorectal cancer in the older population, scientists and physicians are launching more wide-scaled research on young people to better understand new patterns of the disease.

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