Rates of rectal cancer deaths are rising in adults under 50. The untimely deaths of actors Chadwick Boseman and James Van Der Beek , who both died of colorectal cancer in their 40s, have brought more awareness to the disease, which is impacting younger people at higher rates each year . Colorectal cancer, which is the group name for colon and rectal cancer, is the leading cause of cancer deaths in adults under 50, and new research has found that rectal cancer deaths specifically are rising in