US EditionColon Cancer Increasing Faster than Other Early Onset Cancers
UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – Colorectal cancer diagnoses have risen 2% annually since 2011 in U.S. adults under 50, linked to lifestyle and genetic factors, according to a JAMA review.
- On Thursday, a JAMA review found gastrointestinal cancer to be the fastest-growing type among U.S. adults under 50.
- Dr. Kimmie Ng said most early-onset GI cancers link to lifestyle factors, while cases of pancreatic, stomach and esophageal cancers are also rising.
- Fifteen to thirty percent of people with early-onset gastrointestinal cancer carry hereditary genetic mutations, Ng’s review found, and actor Chadwick Boseman’s case underscores early-age risk.
- Despite more aggressive treatments, Ng said younger patients often have worse outcomes, and fewer than one in five 45-49-year-olds were screened in 2021.
- Ng concluded that taken together, these two reviews are a call to action for further research on why rates of GI cancers are increasing in younger adults, and authors urge new screening methods for pancreatic, stomach and esophageal cancers.
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Colon cancer increasing faster than other early onset cancers
Medical Watch Digest for July 17. Colon cancer increasing faster than other early onset cancers A rise in one particular cancer among young people who are not getting recommended screenings. Dana Farber Cancer Institute found 1 in 5 people ages 45-49 are not following guidelines and are avoiding colon screenings. At the same time colorectal cancer is now rising at an alarming rate, increasing faster than any other type of early onset cancer incl…
The number of cases is increasing globally, certainly accomplices the risk factors now increasingly rampant: from obesity to diets too rich in industrial food such as snacks packaged and soft drinks
Thanks to risk factors that are now increasingly rampant, from obesity to diets that are too rich in industrial food such as packaged snacks and soft drinks, the number of cases of early-onset gastrointestinal cancer (diagnosed before the age of 50) is increasing... (BEND)
Literature review reveals global rise in gastrointestinal cancers, with colorectal cancer leading the trend
Early-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are rising at alarming rates worldwide and, in the U.S., are increasing faster than any other type of early-onset cancer, including breast cancer, according to two literature reviews from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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