Colorectal cancer rates are rising in younger people

Friday, June 19, 2009 - 18:56 in Health & Medicine

Incidence of the cancer has gone up 17% over a decade for people under 50. Colorectal cancer rates are rising in adults under age 50 -- people who are not typically screened for such cancers. The finding, gleaned from a cancer surveillance database and published in the June issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, reported a 17% increase in this age group...

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