This month’s death of “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek, 48, has put a fresh spotlight on colorectal cancer.
Because colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than 50, major medical associations, including the ACS and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, have updated their guidelines to ...
Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and as the years pass, it’s clear that the degree of people under 50 that are being diagnosed with the ...
The National Cancer Institute estimates that 154,270 people in the United States received a diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer in 2025. Approximately 52,900 died of it. With March being ...