AUGUSTA, Ga., April 10 -- Augusta University issued the following news release:
Colorectal cancer was once considered a disease of older adults. That assumption no longer holds. Diagnoses among people younger than 50 continue to rise across the United States - and for many of these younger patients, the challenge is not only confronting cancer at an unexpected stage of life, but navigating a health care system that does not treat all patients equally or promptly.
Research led by Meng‑Han Tsai, PhD, an assistant professor at the Georgia Prevention Institute at Augusta University, shows that young adults with colorectal cancer frequently experience treatment delays, uneven access to care and significant differences in survival. Togeth...