Health Imaging: Uptick in colorectal cancer among under-50 crowd poses questions for researchers (Lynch Syndrome....)

Uptick in colorectal cancer among under-50 crowd poses questions for researchers

 ....Whatever the cause, the rate of colorectal cancer in young adults has increased to the point where nearly 10 percent of new diagnoses are in patients younger than 50. Most of these patients were diagnosed in their forties, but the disease has been found in patients in their twenties and thirties.......Another troubling recent finding is that when colorectal cancers are diagnosed in younger patients, they are more likely to be at an advanced stage of the disease. A study published Feb. 13 online in Archives of Internal Medicine found 63 percent of colon cancers and 57 percent of rectal cancers are stage III or IV at diagnosis......“The important thing for radiologists would be the notion that certain individuals, because of their age, may be denied radiology procedures by insurance companies,” she said.......