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An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 ...

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was ...

The death of "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek at age 48 from colorectal cancer was just one more reminder that this cancer is happening to younger people more often. Colorectal cancer is the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The death of actor James Van Der Beek this week at 48 from stage 3 colorectal cancer has drawn attention to a disease that experts say often goes undetected until it’s advanced and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Andrea Dwyer, ...