Colorectal cancer incidence trends among Italian individuals aged younger than 50 years are decreasing

The recent article by Virostko and al1 documented increasing incidence trends for colorectal cancer among young (aged <50 years) US citizens. This pattern is shared by several other high-income countries.2 However, this is not the case for Italy. In Italy, the Italian Association of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM) gathers data from several regional, high-quality, population-based cancer registries (www.registri-tumori.it). For the period from 2003...