The death of Chadwick Boseman has put a new spotlight on the growing number of younger people being diagnosed with colon cancer. The battle Boseman fought off the screen is being waged every day in cancer centers around the nation and the world. Come to find out, they said I had a bowel obstruction, with stage 2 colorectal cancer.Funches was just 42 years old when he was diagnosed with colon cancer three years ago. Itll help you through it.Funches is an example of why its so challenging to diagnose colon cancer early in younger patients. Doctors have several theories about why cases are rising in young people, but so far, theyre only theories.