Posted on May 4, 2023
More younger people are being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. It's not clear why.
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"People born after 1990 — millennials and Gen Zers — are twice as likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and fourfold more likely to get rectal cancer compared to people born in 1950, a 2017 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found."
More younger people are being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. It's not clear why.
Posted from nbcnews.com
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Lifestyles is but one issue. Given the groups listed in the article what do they have in common environmentally.
Now cancer is uncontrolled growth. Genes code for cell growth and other genes control that growth. So what could interfere.
Now cancer is uncontrolled growth. Genes code for cell growth and other genes control that growth. So what could interfere.
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Interesting article. My first guess was bad diet and sedentary life style. Seems there is more too it than that.
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