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Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society . This year, the organization estimates that more than 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with it and nearly 53,000 will die from it.

New studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, in the last few days offer promising findings for both pharmaceutical and lifestyle interventions, including the impact of diet and exercise.

Diagnoses of colorectal cancer have been decreasing overall for decades, the American Cancer Society says, thanks in large part to better screening. But case rates are rising among younger adults, and research estimates that colorectal cancer will become the leading cause of cance

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