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How many cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each year in age groups under 50 years of age?

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Colorectal cancer: Tough question to answer. Each year there are about 135,000 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed in the US. In my experience I would guess less than 20% of the colorectal cancers I see are in patients under 50. Hope this helps.

Dr Juchau agreed

Answered 6/2/2017

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