White men over 50 used to be the poster child for colorectal cancer. These days, the face of risk is changing.
A couple of decades ago, the stereotypical patient with colorectal cancer was white and over age 50. These days, the face of risk is changing, and the question of who is most likely to survive — and why — is under ever increasing scrutiny. Recently, Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD, director of the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical Center, sat down to talk signs, symptoms, the new face of risk (hint: it’s unwrinkled), and why some populations may be getting diagnosed later and are less likely to survive.
Read more here: https://www.everydayhealth.com/colon-cancer/colorectal-cancer-whos-really-at-risk/
