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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 10, 2017, 11:27:34 am

Title: Deaths From Colon Cancer Up Among Younger White Americans
Post by: rangerrebew on August 10, 2017, 11:27:34 am

Deaths From Colon Cancer Up Among Younger White Americans
 

TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer is claiming the lives of more younger, white Americans, a troubling new report shows.

"It's quite perplexing. It's not understood why this is happening, and that makes it even more concerning," said lead author Rebecca Siegel, strategic director of surveillance information services for the American Cancer Society.

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_167665.html