Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

11/16/2024 | Press release | Archived content

IN THE NEWS: 'Young and Healthy' Millennials on Shock Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis

November 16, 2024

Newsweek

Though the recommended age to begin receiving colonoscopies is 45, there has been a noticeable amount of people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at even younger ages. Wasif Saif, M.D., MBBS, medical oncologist, co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and leader of the Phase I Clinical Trials MDT, explained the symptoms and risk factors of colorectal cancer that people of average and high-risk need to know, including how to prevent the disease.

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