Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Health Alert: Death rates from colon cancer are rising for white Americans younger than 55

Researchers studying colorectal cancer rates have identified "a true and perplexing escalation in disease occurrence." In a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they report that deaths from colorectal cancer are increasing for young and middle-aged Americans — though the increase appears, at least so far, to be confined to white men and women.

 
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Health Alert Tue., Aug. 08, 2017 11:32 a.m.
 
 
Death rates from colon cancer are rising for white Americans younger than 55

Researchers studying colorectal cancer rates have identified "a true and perplexing escalation in disease occurrence." In a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they report that deaths from colorectal cancer are increasing for young and middle-aged Americans — though the increase appears, at least so far, to be confined to white men and women.

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