Toxin produced by E. coli ‘could be driving bowel cancer rates in young people’

New Novel 'Climbing in Heels'; Uwade Performs Live; The Science Behind Rising Cancer Rates In Young Adults; Poetry Month, with Robin Walter

New Novel 'Climbing in Heels'; Uwade Performs Live; The Science Behind Rising Cancer Rates In Young Adults; Poetry Month, with Robin ...

Research shows how important it is that doctors and patients themselves are alert and that more research needs to be done into causes and ways to prevent the disease.

Toxin may be factor in rise of colonrectal cancer in younger people, study finds

There has been a staggering rise in early onset colorectal cancer. Research published in the journal "Nature" on Wednesday suggests a bacterial toxin could be a contributor.

Colon Cancer Research Points to Gut Toxin

Researchers looking for reasons that the rates of colorectal cancer in young people are rising quickly may have found one—a discovery that an outside scientist says could provide "a critical piece of the puzzle." The study, published Wednesday in Nature , points to the gut toxin colibactin, NBC News reports....

The number of young patients with colon cancer is also increasing in the Netherlands, according to figures published on Thursday. Although the disease remains rare...

Researchers have identified a focal point for forces that suspect that cancer cases are increasing in young people: the intestine. They are looking for culprits in people's bodies and in their child stories. Gastrointestinal cancer rates among people under the age of 50 are increasing worldwide.Each generation born since the 1950s has had a higher risk than the previous one.And in countries like the US and Chile colorectal cancer is the leading …