Why are healthy young adults getting colon cancer? Researchers may finally have a lead

Scientists are exploring whether slowing biological aging could eventually help prevent certain cancers before they develop.

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BY Anna-Louise Jackson

One of the biggest mysteries cancer researchers are trying to solve is why colorectal cancer rates are soaring among young adults. 

Now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women under age 50, colorectal cancer has become an alarming outlier among a general decrease in cancer mortality in recent decades. But a paper published last........

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