[Hessian]

The baseline risk for a 50 year old man for developing colorectal cancer over the next ten years is 0.68%.

An 18% increase in that risk brings it to the astonishingly larger factor of.... 0.80% - which is still less than the baseline odds faced at 60.

A stunning risk compared to giving up bacon.

[Bob434]

[[The baseline risk for a 50 year old man for developing colorectal cancer over the next ten years is 0.68%.]]

according to the article I cited above, folks have apparently a 5% chance of getting colon cancer (or 1 in 20 people)