Josep Tabernero warns: "Colon cancer is increasing in those under 50 years of age and is more aggressive" Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in Spain both in men - only behind prostate cancer - and in women - behind breast tumors. Estimates from the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology indicate that in 2024 the cancers that will be diagnosed most frequently in Spain will be those of the colon and rectum, with 44,294 new cases.
We have made progress in many things in health and medicine but not in healthy habits.