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Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'

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17-02-2026 16:31 HKT
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A French doctor performs a colonoscopy on a patient at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille, southern France on March 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo
A French doctor performs a colonoscopy on a patient at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille, southern France on March 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo
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