It’s becoming more common for people under 50 to be diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, rates increased by more than 2% per year between 2012 and 2021.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a new score to predict the colorectal cancer risk of patients under the age of 45, the age at which current guidelines recommend screening to begin.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed and validated a prediction model that estimates the risk of developing colorectal ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States for both men and women. And reports show ...

“With the score, we can determine whether a patient under 45 years old is at high risk of developing colorectal cancer,” ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death here in the United States for both men and women. Reports show ...

In 2024, the National Cancer Institute estimated over 150,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with colon or rectal canc ...

Though we know tests can save lives by preventing colon cancer, a high percentage of us would rather do anything else than ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers developed and validated a prediction model that estimates the risk of developing colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous polyps in adults under 45 years old. The paper ...

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer ... Though few polyps become cancerous, most have the potential to do so, the Cleveland Clinic says. Colonoscopies remove polyps before ...