Why should young adults care about colorectal cancer?   Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer death. In 2022 alone, approximately 1.9 million people were diagnosed and more than 900,000 died from the disease. 1   The majority of young adults do not consider themselves at a risk for colorectal cancer, and there is little awareness of symptoms that should prompt medical intervention. However in recent decades a new, dangerous, and less recognized trend in colorectal cancer cases has been on the rise. People under 50 years old are increasingly being diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer, often in later stages, due to very subtle symptoms or dismissing warning signs as something else . The reasons for this increase are not yet fully understood. Researchers believe it is probably multifactorial, with possible contributions from obesity, dietary patterns, physical inactivity, alcohol, smoking, early-life...