Analysis reveals a rise in colorectal cancer among young adults in Germany, but still below US levels

Colorectal cancer is generally considered a disease of older adults. However, a new analysis of German cancer registries shows that the number of new colorectal cancer cases among younger adults has risen slightly over the past two decades. Those most affected are people between the ages of 20 and 39. The findings, which appear in the International Journal of Cancer, are based on data from 10 German cancer registries and cover the period from 2003 to 2023.