According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States.

Diagnoses in people younger than 55 have nearly doubled since 1995.

Colon cancer can be found in a few ways, including a digital rectal exam and a fecal occult blood test. There is also the option of using devices in a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. There is also a virtual colonoscopy, the National Cancer Institute said.

Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50 in the United States, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.