Colon and Rectal, also known as colorectal cancer, is now the second deadliest cancer in the U.S. with over 50,000 deaths every year
Cancer has been a puzzle for medical professionals for centuries now. And despite improvements in treatment, medicines, therapeutics, and even surgical methods, we are nowhere near to finding a cure. Instead, with every passing year, statistics say we are falling behind and the number of cases is only rising. As the world mourns the death of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away on Saturday, August 29 at mere 43 years of age due to colon cancer, researchers already had a stern warning five months ago in March. In a study, the researchers revealed that cases of Colon and rectal cancers were on the rise, especially among people under 50 years of age. While lung and breast cancers are the most common in the U. S., colorectal now occupies the third position with around 1.8 million cases being reported in the world every year. The study which was published in the American Cancer Society (ACS) journal said that in 1989, the median age was 72. But over the last three decades, the median has dipped to 66 with a significant rise among people under 50 while causing the second most cancer-related deaths in the U.
