Researchers at the University of Miami have discovered the phenomenon - dubbed accelerated ageing - may increase the risk of developing the disease.
READ MORE:Colon cancers may be surging in under 50s because some young people's bodies are ageing faster than they should be, experts have discovered in a first-of-its-kind study.
If a person is 50, but their biological age is 55, their ageing has accelerated by five years, said Dr Shria Kumar, a colorectal cancer specialist behind the new research Some doctors now say this needs to be moved even younger, because half of early-onset colorectal cancers occur in people under 45, according to the latest statistics from the National Cancer Institute.
However, some factors that raise a person's risk of early-onset colorectal cancer also elevate biological age. Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, co-director of the Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield, told MailOnline: 'We don't know enough to say for certain that younger generations are ageing faster or why,' she says.
A positive screening test result is typically followed by a colonoscopy, during which any polyps found can be removed.
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