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Why Today’s Young Adults Are 4 Times More Likely To Have Rectal Cancer

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Aug 01, 2025 5:08 pm

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Americans born in 1990 face a 4× higher risk of rectal cancer (and 2× higher for colon cancer) than those born in 1950.
Early-onset GI cancers rose 14.8% between 2010 and 2019; pancreatic rates climbed 4.34% per year in 25–29-year-olds.
Obesity (BMI ≥30), Western diets, and fatty liver disease drive most of these cancers, which are sporadic, not inherited.
Younger patients often face delayed diagnoses, more aggressive treatment with marginal benefit, and greater “financial toxicity.”

https://studyfinds.org/young-adults-higher-rectal-cancer-risk-than-previous-generation/

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rectal cancer young adults colon cancer obesity early-onset cancer

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