Colorectal cancer cases rising in younger adults, screenings are down

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected cancer diagnoses and treatments. Colonoscopies, for instance, have decreased 90% in the past year. While screenings are down, experts say that the number of young people developing colorectal cancer before 50 continues to increase. This trend began in the early 1990s. "The majority of those increases are in people ages 40 to 49, but half of [...]
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