Since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) changed its recommendation for when Americans at average risk of colon cancer should begin getting screened from age 50 to 45, earlier detection is on the rise.

However, in the U.S., colon cancer remains the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death, according to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. Perhaps even more troubling is the fact that 10 percent of these colon cancer cases are being diagnosed in Americans under age 50, with that number steadily rising about two percent each year.

But new results from a clinical trial offer more than just a glimmer of hope in the fight against colorectal cancer. Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center published findings that an

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