Intersection of Poverty and Rurality for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Survival

Early-onset colorectal cancer (EO-CRC; defined as colorectal cancer [CRC] diagnosed in individuals younger than 50 years) has increased recently in the US.1 Evidence has shown that patients living in impoverished and rural areas have an increased risk of CRC death,2,3 but this has not been examined for EO-CRC.