American Cancer Society: Colorectal Cancer Burden Shifting to Younger Individuals
March 06, 2020
March 06, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 6 -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release:
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- Half of new diagnoses are now in people 66 and younger
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The burden of colorectal cancer is swiftly shifting to younger individuals as incidence increases in young adults and declines in older age groups, according to Colorectal Cancer Statistics 2020, a publication of the American Cancer Society. A sign of the shift: the median age of diagno . . .
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- Half of new diagnoses are now in people 66 and younger
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The burden of colorectal cancer is swiftly shifting to younger individuals as incidence increases in young adults and declines in older age groups, according to Colorectal Cancer Statistics 2020, a publication of the American Cancer Society. A sign of the shift: the median age of diagno . . .