They’ve become common in Ashamalla’s colorectal cancer practice at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital. The increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in Canadians under 50 continued beyond 2012 and is “possibly accelerating,” another study warned. But even before the studies came out, anecdotally doctors were reporting far more young adults with colorectal cancer, and fewer over 50s. But even then, doctors say they’re seeing younger cancer patients who don’t fit into any of the risk categories. “You hear stories of young women who get radiation but were unaware they would become infertile.

Source: National Post January 24, 2024 19:04 UTC