Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among Kids and Teens—and It’s Not the Same Disease Adults Get
Colorectal cancer incidence is rising among children and teens, with recent research indicating these cases differ significantly from adult diagnoses. The study found that young patients often lack family history and present with aggressive, advanced-stage tumors that are frequently diagnosed late. Researchers urge doctors to consider colorectal cancer in the differential diagnosis for adolescents with unexplained symptoms like abdominal pain or rectal bleeding.
- ▪Colorectal cancer incidence has increased by 2.9% annually among people under 50 from 2013 to 2022.
- ▪Only about 20% of the young patients in the study had a family history of colorectal cancer.
- ▪Majority of the cases were advanced at diagnosis, with 51% at stage III and 29% at stage IV.
- ▪Nearly half (45%) of the young patients had died by the end of the study period, compared to a 63% five-year survival rate for the general population.
- ▪The most common pre-diagnosis symptoms included back or abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits, weight loss, and rectal bleeding.
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Colorectal cancer is increasingly becoming a bigger problem for younger people, even children and teens. Research out today shows that these latter cases are stranger than the cancers seen in adults. Researchers studied the medical records of people under the age of 21 who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Younger people usually had no family history of cancer, they found, and commonly had aggressive, advanced tumors. Though the overall risk of colorectal cancer remains small among adolescents, doctors should suspect it more often in those with potential symptoms that have no other explanation, the researchers say. Early and advanced Scientists have noticed an unusual pattern in colorectal cancer as of late.
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