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Colorectal Cancer in young adults: A patient's story

Written By Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Tuesday, Mar 03, 2020 | 12:36 PM

 
A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute patient opens up about getting diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at age 34. Dr. Kimmie Ng, director of the young-onset colorectal cancer center at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center says their research in the center is focused on getting to the bottom on an alarming trend - an increasing rate of colorectal cancer cases diagnosed in adults younger than 50 years old. Story published: 3/3/2020