"Colon Cancer Rates Rise in Young Adults: Earlier Screening Advised" on health.clevelandclinic.org
I WANT EVERYONE ON THIS WEBSITE OVER THE AGE OF 40 TO GO GET A COLONOSCOPY.
There are new guidelines from the American Cancer Society: The age is now 40, not 50.
Comparing people born in 1950, and people born in 1990:
* The risk of getting colon cancer before age 50 is twice as high
* The risk of getting rectal cancer before age 50 is four-times as high
LISTEN UP!
I took a friend to get a colonoscopy a few weeks ago. Early 50s, healthy, non-smoker, went ten year