The rate of colon cancer in people younger than 55 has doubled since 1995.
A new report by the American Cancer Society found that colorectal cancer diagnoses nearly doubled in people younger than 55 in recent years; it increased from 11% in 1995 to 20% in 2019. And the report says there’s a higher rate of advanced-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses, which increased from 52% in the mid-2000s to 60% in 2019.Even before this new report, doctors and researchers had been aware of this rise in cases.
These factors mainly include a Western diet , excess body weight, alcohol, smoking and conditions including diabetes and other metabolic issues.“Each of these individual factors isn’t a major risk factor, but when you put all of these things together it’s likely underpinning some of what we’re seeing — but we don’t have a definitive answer,” Azad noted.
“The idea is if we can find polyps, to identify them and remove them and therefore prevent cancer — so both early detection and cancer prevention,” Mendelsohn added.People in certain high-risk groups can get screened and have it covered by their insurance plan before age 45. Azad added that the most uncomfortable part for many people is the preparation . But that minor inconvenience comes with major health benefits.Many experts do consider colonoscopies to be the gold standard, Mendelsohn said, “because it’s really the screening method where we can at the same time identify these polyps and remove them, and if there is cancer, biopsy it — it allows us to do early recognition and cancer prevention at once.
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