Surgeons Consider Red Flags for Early Onset Colorectal Cancer

The number of colorectal cancer cases is increasing at an alarming rate for young adults in their mid-20s to late 50s, and confronting the reality of seemingly healthy young people seeking treatment for this disease continues to be disconcerting for many surgeons. Listen to colorectal surgeons Dr. Steven Wexner and Dr. Sonia Ramamoorthy discuss why colonoscopy continues to be the gold standard for diagnosing, treating, and preventing colorectal cancer, and why many younger patients are getting a late-stage diagnosis.