If you or someone you care about is younger than 50 and has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer or other gastrointestinal cancers, you may be worried and confused. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), you will be cared for by doctors who understand how this disease affects you personally, and who will treat you with the most advanced surgical techniques and the best that medicine has to offer.
Our program provides coordinated care that focuses on concerns including your quality of life during and after treatment, preserving fertility, and the long-term effects of surviving cancer.
MSK’s Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers is the first clinic of its kind in the world dedicated solely to the specific needs of people under 50 who have colorectal cancer or other gastrointestinal cancers.
MSK doctors, nurses, and specialists have unparalleled expertise in surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, rehabilitation, and quality-of-life issues. We will work with you to determine the optimal treatment plan for your cancer to give you the best outcome possible.
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MSK cares for hundreds of people with colorectal and gastrointestinal cancers under 50 each year. We are here to guide you every step of the way, so you can return to the things and people you love.
Talk with an MSK Care Advisor. We're here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist
Founder and Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
Gastroenterologist
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
MSK’s team of colorectal and gastrointestinal cancer experts includes specialists in a variety of fields.
At MSK, we are committed to helping you in every way we can—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—for as long as you need us. In addition to your treatment plan, we’re focused on helping you before, during, and after treatment with support services designed for the specific needs of people with colorectal and gastrointestinal cancers under 50. These include:
The Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers is conducting a major research effort to understand the cause behind the rise in diagnosis in young adults. This effort involves experts from across MSK, including researchers in genetics, pathology, immunology, and epidemiology — the statistical analysis of health.
The center is currently conducting a study looking into risk factors that may be causing the rise in incidence of these cancers. If you are a current MSK patient interested in participating, please reach out to your care team or call the center directly at 212-639-3083.
Learn about the latest research on why more young adults are developing cancer, from investigators across MSK.
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Learn what to do right after you've been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, from an MSK expert who specializes in treating this kind of cancer.