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Data Analysis: The Rising Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults

An interactive data journalism piece exploring the rise of young-onset colorectal cancer, with population simulations, risk factors, and pre

Why are healthy young adults getting colon cancer? Researchers may finally have a lead

One of the biggest mysteries cancer researchers are trying to solve is why colorectal cancer rates are soaring among young adults. Now the l

JAMA Healthy Dialogue: Experts Discuss the Rise in Early-Onset Cancer Among Young Adults

JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, spoke with Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at Dana-Farb

Examining the reported rise in colorectal cancer among younger adults: A skeptical look at the evidence

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Why are healthy young adults getting colon cancer? Researchers may finally have a lead

Rising Cancer Rates in the Young

Medical experts around the globe are engaged in vital detective work: to figure out why cancer is increasingly developing among young people