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Colon cancer is now the leading cancer killer of adults under 50
Colorectal cancer now kills more adults under age 50 than any other cancer in the United States. The disease climbed from fifth among cancer deaths in that age group during the early 1990s to first by ...
Colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Here’s what you need to know about screening and symptoms
A recent study published in JAMA identified colorectal cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Americans ...
More Young Adults Are Getting Colon Cancer. Doctors Say Don’t Ignore These Signs
Colorectal cancer is no longer a disease that mostly strikes people in their 60s and 70s. It has quietly become the leading cause of cancer deaths in Americans under 50, and doctors still cannot fully ...
Alcohol tied to surprising cancer death pattern in adults under 55, researchers find
Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States more than doubled from 1990 to 2023, with colorectal cancer ...
Daily Mail
Alcohol-linked cancer deaths have doubled, study reveals… and the death toll is far beyond the liver
Deaths from multiple cancers linked to alcohol consumption have surged in the past several decades, especially in young ...
Nature
Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don’t know
Researchers around the world are grappling with a vexing problem: why are so many young people developing cancers once considered the purview of old age? This question was prominent at two of the ...