Colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger adults
Unhealthy lifestyle linked to increase in tumor incidence, death rates
![X-ray of colon tumor](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/030117_TI_colorectal-cancer_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
ON THE RISE For decades, colorectal cancer rates have been falling, but a new report finds an uptick in the rates among U.S. adults under 50. Here, an X-ray illustrates where a colon tumor (green) has constricted the large intestine.
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