ATM and colorectal carcinoma: DNA sequencing (DNA-seq) studies using multigene panels have reported that as much as ~ 18% of patients diagnosed with CRC below the age of 50 years have pathogenic variants in several genes that are not traditionally associated with CRC (ATM, CHEK2, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDKN2A and PALB2) [5, 17].