Mark Lewis: Thanks to The Salt Lake Tribune for shining a light on the scourge of early-onset colon cancer

Mark Lewis posted on X:

“Thanks to The Salt Lake Tribune for shining a light on the scourge of early-onset colon cancer.

Screening at 45 is population-level risk reduction but we have to rise above the discomfort and stigma and take young people with worrisome GI symptoms more seriously.”

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Mark A. Lewis is the Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, the Co-Chair of adolescent & young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group, and the Vice President of American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support. Dr. Lewis is also a well-known patient advocate and social media influencer.