Younger individuals may have the highest risk of presenting with distant-stage colorectal cancer

Individuals between 20 and 39 years old experienced the steepest increase in distant-stage early-onset colorectal adenocarcinoma incidence between 2000 and 2016, with the youngest non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic populations experiencing greater proportions of distant-stage disease, according to results from a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.