Your 32 Year Old Patient Just Got Diagnosed With…

Your 32 Year Old Patient Just Got Diagnosed With Colorectal Cancer. No family history. Not obese. No obvious risk factors. You are shocked. You should not be anymore. Researchers at the world's two largest cancer meetings this year, ASCO Chicago and AACR San Diego, spent days trying to answer one question: Why are so many young people getting cancer? The data is alarming: More than 9,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed every single day in adults under the age of 50 worldwide. In the United States, incidence of advanced colorectal cancer has increased by about 3% every year since 2010 in people between the ages of 20 and 49. In 2023 colorectal cancer became the leading cause of cancer death in this age group. 20 to 49. Not 60. Not 70. Uterine cancer and liver cancer diagnoses and deaths are also rising in young women, showing a birth cohort effect, meaning people b