For reasons that still aren’t certain, colorectal cancer is striking younger people like never before.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, people aged 45 to 50 are now two to two-and-a-half times more likely to be diagnosed than in previous generations.

That is why experts are calling on provincial and territorial governments to lower the age of screening from 50 to 45 — and to provide people with stool tests every second year to look for early evidence of colorectal cancer.

Our guest on tonight’s episode of Village Media’s Closer Look podcast is Brandon Purcell, advocacy manager of prevention and early detection at the Canadian Cancer Society.

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