March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.Colorectal cancer was once considered rare in young people, but 1 out of 5 diagnoses are now given to people under the age of 55. Known as “early-onset colorectal cancer” or “young-onset colorectal cancer,” these diagnoses refer to colorectal cancer found in people under the age of 50.Rates are rising so quickly that first-time colonoscopies are now recommended at age 45, five years earlier than before.We spoke with Laura Van Metre Baum, M.D., a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to learn more about this concerning trend....

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