Colon cancer cases are rising in people under age 50

ViewColon cancer rates are increasing in the U.S. in people under 50.

A study released in August looked at more than 500,000 people with early-onset cancer in the United States from 2010 to 2019. Gastrointestinal cancers had the fastest-growing incidence rates among all early-onset cancers.

Since the 1990s, cases of...