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Opinion: I’ve seen the rise in colon cancer cases. As doctors, we must take young people more seriously.

Colorectal cancer is now the number one cause of cancer death among young men and the second leading cause among young women.

(NCI Center for Cancer Research | The Associated Press) This microscope image made available by the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research in 2015 shows human colon cancer cells with the nuclei stained red. On Friday, May 29, 2020, doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear.