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It cancer This is a disease that affects more and more young population, to people under the age of 50, as revealed by study Is early-onset cancer a growing global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications.
When such a situation occurs, doctors diagnose it as: cases of early-onset cancer.
Analysis of breast cancer case reviews 44 countries, where did it happen Early onset cancer is increasing rapidly in 14 types of this disease; highlight the colorectal and other digestive tracts.
Co-author Shuji Ogino, a professor of pathology at Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health, said the increase was due to mix of risk factors acting together and therefore special attention should be paid to this dynamic.
Among them stand out:
- Obesity.
- sedentary lifestyle
- Diabetes.
- smoke.
- Environmental pollution.
- Western diet rich in red meat and added sugar.
- Bad sleep habits.
“And there are also many unknown risk factors, such as contaminants or food additives,” the specialist said.
Why is the appearance of colon cancer so frequent?
Study co-authors consider that people’s diet and eating habits, Thus, the microbiome, the bacteria that live in the gut, plays a fundamental role in the development of cancer of the colon or other parts of the digestive tract.
This, related to appearance Obesity in younger and younger people affect cancer development.
Ogino found that:
- The average annual increase in colorectal cancer in young adults is 2 percent active countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, France and Japan.
- In England it is 3 percent.
- Korea and Ecuador have increased 5 percent.
Experts point out that the 2 percent increase is insignificant now, but in the future it will represent a major change if the two are scaled up and the real impact will be seen in 10 or 20 years.
In addition, it has been shown that 1 in 10 colorectal cancer in the United States is diagnosed in people between: 20 and 50 years.
What types of cancer are detected more often in young people?
- breast cancer
- Endometrial cancer.
- Cancer of the gallbladder and its ducts.
- Kidney cancer.
- Pancreatic cancer.
- Thyroid cancer.
- Stomach cancer.
- Plasma cell cancer, called myeloma.
Ogino’s analysis found that the younger you are, the greater your risk of developing cancer. A) Yes, those born in the 1980s have a lower risk presents a disease, from someone from 90 ‘.
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