Colon cancer hits the young

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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer- related death in the U.S., behind lung cancer. It now causes more deaths among adults younger than 50 than any other malignancy, thanks to some combination of diet, lifestyle and obesity that we are struggling to fully understand.Once it was considered a disease of the elderly. In 1995, only 27% of colorectal cancer cases were diag...

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