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The alarming increase in colon cancer diagnoses among young people was highlighted in a recent American Cancer Society report. According to the research, in Americans younger than 55, rates have ...
Researchers suspect that these risk factors play a role in the rising rates of young people getting cancer, generally, and colorectal cancer in particular, in the U.S. Understanding these factors ...
Colorectal cancer rates have been rising in people younger than 50 over the last few decades. At the same time, cases and deaths from the cancer that was once thought to only affect older people ...
Young adults are more likely than either younger children or older adults to be diagnosed with certain cancers, such as Hodgkin lymphoma, testicular cancer, and some types of sarcomas. In adolescents and young adults 15 to 24 years old, lymphoma , testicular cancer, and thyroid cancer are the most common types, while among 25- to 39-year-olds ...
Doctors do not know why cancer, especially colorectal cancer, is becoming more common in younger adults. Some hypothesize that increasing obesity rates, sedentary behavior and unhealthy diets ...
The rise in colorectal cancer among young people is a “global phenomenon,” according to a new study. While the increase in the number of Americans under 50 being diagnosed with the disease has ...
Colon cancer affecting younger ages. Colon cancer has been rising for years in people under 50, but especially in those in their 20s and 30s, Dr. Andrea Cercek, gastrointestinal oncologist at ...
While adults older than 50 experienced a drop in overall cancer incidence from 1995 to 2020, there was a notable increase in people younger than 50. Why are young people getting cancers at higher ...