Early-onset colorectal cancer patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods may have higher cancer-specific mortality

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Between 2011 and 2022, patients from the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Kentucky and Georgia who were diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) had a 30% increased risk of CRC-specific death compared with those from the most advantaged neighborhoods, according to a study presented at the 19th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held Oct. 18–21, 2026.