Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rising colorectal cancer rates among young adults are making under-50s anxious — but the disease remains rare in the age group.

People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number ...

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Colorectal cancer is increasingly showing up in younger adults, with cases now appearing in people as young as their thirties ...

For decades, colon cancer was thought to be a disease to worry about after 50. But that narrative is changing, and fast.

A gut toxin that’s been linked to colorectal cancers for more than two decades may be contributing to the sharp rise of the disease in younger people, according to landmark research published ...

Earlier initiation of average-risk screening at age 45 reflects increasing concern about younger-onset colorectal cancer ...

When Chadwick Boseman, the beloved actor known for “Black Panther,” passed away, the world was shocked to learn he had been battling colon cancer. His widow, Taylor Simone Ledward-Boseman, is now ...

Colorectal cancer incidence is rising among adults under 55, despite overall declining rates since the mid-1980s. Lifestyle and environmental factors, rather than genetics, are suspected contributors ...

Two new studies have identified risk factors that may be associated with the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer among ...

An experimental cancer vaccine has shown promise in keeping certain cancers from coming back. In a phase 1 clinical trial led in part by the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, ...