“We've seen, as you said, this trend has been increasing, the incidence of colorectal cancer in individuals under 50 for some time. But we really didn't know why. We didn't know if the disease was different in younger people versus older people. And that's what our study aimed to address,”

Dr. Ana Anderson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30

Researchers at Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute published a study examining why younger patients are increasingly being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.