Colon cancer rates among young people are on the rise, and doctors don’t know why
Chadwick Boseman, who passed away from colon cancer recently, is part of a growing cohort of people in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s who are diagnosed with the disease. (Pexels/)Chadwick Boseman, the film actor who brought cinematic life to fictional and historical characters like the Black Panther, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall, died last week at the age of 43. Boseman was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016, which had progressed to stage 4, according to a statement about his death released on his Twitter account on August 28. He is part of a growing cohort of people in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s who are diagnosed with the disease—often at much later stages than when the same diagnosis is made in older adults.Boseman underwent treatment, including chemotherapy and surgeries, during some of the most prolific years of his career. He didn’t publicly disclose...