Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Big mystery: Why more millennials are diagnosed with colon cancer

Overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have dropped steadily in the U.S. over the past few decades. But for people in their 20s and 30s, colorectal cancer rates have been rising at an alarming rate, and no one knows why. Those are the findings in a new study from the American Cancer Society.

By Madeleine Brand • Mar 22, 2017 • 1 min read

Overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have dropped steadily in the U.S. over the past few decades. But for people in their 20s and 30s, colorectal cancer rates have been rising at an alarming rate, and no one knows why. Those are the findings in a new study from the American Cancer Society.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Dr. Zuri Murrell
Cedars-Sinai Colorectal Cancer Center

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Big mystery: Why more millennials are diagnosed with colon cancer

Overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have dropped steadily in the U.S. over the past few decades. But for people in their 20s and 30s, colorectal cancer rates have been rising at an alarming rate, and no one knows why. Those are the findings in a new study from the American Cancer Society.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Big mystery: Why more millennials are diagnosed with colon cancer

Overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have dropped steadily in the U.S. over the past few decades. But for people in their 20s and 30s, colorectal cancer rates have been rising at an alarming rate, and no one knows why. Those are the findings in a new study from the American Cancer Society.

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