Colon and Rectal Cancer Is Rising Again in the U.S.

Colon and rectal cancer is rising again in the U.S. It climbed from 36.7 to 38.3 per 100,000 people between 2022 and 2023, according to a NEJM Evidence study led by Caitlin Murphy. It had fallen from 55.2 in 2000. The rise appears in every age group up to 65 to 69 and holds even without 2020 and 2021.