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Young Adults' Colorectal Cancer Surge

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Colorectal cancer rates are rising among young adults. So are their anxieties about the disease.

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The proportion of people developing colorectal cancer under the age of 50 has doubled since the 1990s .

Young adults accounted for about 13% of all coloresctal cancers diagnosed in the U.S. in 2023 .

The news has hit some people with generalized anxiety disorder, illness anxiety disorder and people who are worriers in general.

In 2023 , adults under 50 accounted for 13% of colorectal cancer cases and fewer than one in 10 deaths from the disease.

About 13 out of every 100,0000 young adults in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease. That’s the equivalent of 13 people in all of Burbank , Calif ..

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