Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Study Identifies 7 Risk Factors Men Should Know

While rates of colorectal cancer (cancer that starts in the colon or rectum) have been dropping among older people since 2011, they have been rising at a rate of 2% per year in people younger than 55. Men develop colorectal cancer more often than women, but rates of early-onset colorectal cancer in both men and women have steadily climbed. No one knows why exactly, but understanding the risk factors for this younger population could help provide clues, Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD, a surgical oncologist and director of the Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program at Saint John’s Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., told Health.

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