Colorectal cancer diagnoses soar among younger adults for one key reason
Updated cancer screening guidance has reportedly caused a spike in diagnoses among younger Americans.According to two studies by the American Cancer Society (ACS), there’s been a recent surge in colorectal cancer in people aged 45 to 49.ACS scientists found that after 15 years of stable colorectal cancer (CRC) trends, U.S. diagnoses of local-stage disease skyrocketed in this age group from 2019 to 2022 — including a 50% relative increase from […]