● Key Statistics for Colorectal Cancer ● What’s New in Colorectal Cancer Research? What Is Colorectal Cancer? Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum. [...] The parts of the colon are named by which way the food is traveling through them. ● The first section is called the ascending colon. [...] The American Cancer Society’s estimates 7 _A_m__e_ri_ca_n_ _C_a_n_c_e_r_ S_o_c_i_e_ty_________________________________________c_a_n_c_e_r._o_rg_ _| _1_.8_0_0_._2_2_7_.2_3_4_5__ for the number of colorectal cancer cases in the United States for 2021 are: ● 104,270 new cases of colon cancer ● 45,230 new cases of rectal cancer The rate of people being diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer each year h. [...] Deaths from colorectal cancer In the United States, colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and in women, and the second most common cause of cancer deaths when men and women are combined. [...] This means grouping colorectal cancers based on things like the genetic mutations in the cancer cells, how the cells look and behave, how fast the cells are dividing, and features of the tumor itself.
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