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Can children get colon cancer?
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Yes: Usually adult children. The youngest patient I have seen in my practice with a family history of colon cancer, was first diagnosed at age 18.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Very very rare: No one is immune from cancer, very very rarely children also get colon cancer.
Answered 6/29/2020
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