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The American Cancer Society has published updated colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence data (through 2016) from populationbased cancer registries and mortality data (through 2017) from the National Center for Health Statistics. Salient findings are as follows:
In 2020, 147,950 individuals are expected to be diagnosed with CRC and 53,200 will die from it. Among these, 12% of cases and 7% of deaths will be among individuals younger than 50.
Overall, the CRC patient population is shifting younger; the median age at diagnosis was 66 years in 2015–2016 compared with 72 years in 2001–2002.
Declines in CRC incidence in the 2000s continued in individuals aged ≥65 years; there was a 3.3% annual decrease in this group from 2011 to 2016.
In the 50–64 age gr…