Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults, especially those born in the 1980s. Investigators are looking past family history and lifestyle to mutational ...

Gut toxin may be a ‘critical piece of the puzzle’ behind the rise in early-onset colorectal cancer. Antibiotic use in children may contribute to bacteria in the gut that produce the chemical.

“Early-onset cancer has increased by 79.1% between 1990 and 2019, and the number of early onset cancer deaths increased by 27.7% between 1990 and 2019,” Bailey said, who said increases in ...

C olorectal cancer (CRC) rates are rising in adults under 50, with incidence patterns varying significantly by global region. 1 As researchers dig into the age- and geography-related shifts, they’re ...

The new study sequenced the DNA of colorectal cancer tumors collected from 981 patients in 11 countries around the world, and found that colibactin-related DNA mutations were 3.3 times more common ...

Survival, prior chemotherapy, and early transformation. The highest 5-year relative survival rates were observed for de novo DLBCL (68%), followed by: ...