Forbes July 25, 2024
Recent studies have repeatedly indicated a growing surge in rates of colon cancer in young individuals. A ground-breaking study published a few years ago in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that individuals born between the years of 1981 to 1996 faced nearly twice the risk of colorectal cancer in comparison with those born in the 1950s. A more recent study also found that for patients younger than 50 years of age, the incidence of colon cancer has increased by nearly 2% for tumors in the colon and the rectum.
Additional large cohort studies since then have continued to find similar patterns. In fact, the emerging research finally convinced the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, an organization which...
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