Rectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Young Americans

by Rachel on August 27, 2010

Rectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Young Americans
A new study published in a leading journal reports that rectal cancer appears to be rising among Americans under the age of 40, while colon cancer rates have remained steady for several decades; the study says more effort should go into diagnosing rectal cancer in young people. The study, led by Dr Joshua Meyer, a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is …

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