Becker's Healthcare October 28, 2024
The mortality rate of early-onset colorectal cancer has increased over the last two decades, with those aged 20-44 years experiencing the most pronounced impact, Medscape Medical News reported Oct. 27.
The findings come from an analysis of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results databases. The analysis found that early-onset CRC cases are driven primarily by the 20-44-year-old cohort.
The study was presented by Yazan Abboud, MD, internal medicine physician and chair of resident research at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, at the 2024 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting.
Here are eight more findings from the study:
1. The researchers collected age-adjusted mortality rates for EO-CRC between 2000 and...
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