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More young people are getting early-onset colorectal cancer. 5 things to know

(CNN) — Nobody ever wants to hear they have cancer, but when it strikes a young person, the news is perhaps even more devastating because everything about the future they were imagining and working toward is thrown into question.

Unfortunately, early-onset cancer — disease in people younger than 50 years old — is being diagnosed more frequently, according to various studies. And among early-onset cancers, colorectal cancer hovers near the top of the list.