Is It Time to Lower the Recommended Screening Age for Colorectal Cancer?

Colorectal Cancer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Need for Screening

“…Whether or not we should start screening at a lower age is another question, which has been repeatedly brought up in other countries with similar epidemiological observation (Davis, 2011;Ganapathi et al 2011). Proper identification of cases of Lynch syndrome and other familial causes of CRC is necessary, as this group should be managed differently.…”

Comparable survival for young rectal cancer patients, despite unfavourable morphology and more advanced-stage disease

“…Rectal cancer mainly affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, with more than 75% of patients being diagnosed at 60 years or older [2,3]. However, during the last several decades, an increasing incidence of patients diagnosed with rectal cancer at the age of 40 years or younger has been observed [4,5].…”

Rising Incidence of Rectal Carcinoma in the Young Age “Is it A Concern?" An Indian Perspective

“…Over the recent years, the incidence of rectal carcinoma in older adults has been increasing, while its incidence in the young less than 50 years has been silently rising [3,8]. The incidence of CRC in the United States, in both men and women under the age of 50 has been found to increase at a rate of 2 percent per year from 1992 through 2013 [9].…”

“…The incidence of CRC in the United States, in both men and women under the age of 50 has been found to increase at a rate of 2 percent per year from 1992 through 2013 [9]. In the 1987-2006 SEER data, there was an increase in the incidence of colon and rectal cancer in people aged 20 and 49 years (10.7 per 100,000 population in 1988 and 17.9 per 100,000 population in 2006), with the sharpest increase seen among individuals 40 to 44 years of age [10,11]. We found, 52.84% of patients were 50 years or younger than 50 years.…”