Bridgett Ergle, 51, of Covington went to the emergency room for suspected pneumonia in April 2023. She did have pneumonia, but an x-ray technician also caught a lesion on her liver during the ER visit that turned out to be a metastasis from stage 4 colorectal cancer.
Ergle is part of a growing group of adults under age 55 being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Diagnoses of people under age 55 doubled between 1995 and 2019, according to an American Cancer Society report released in March of last year. Now, about 20% of patients in the U.S. who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer are younger than 55. Screening guidelines reflect this change. For those at average risk of colorectal cancer, the American Cancer Society now recommends regular screenings start at age 45.
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