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Colon cancer deaths rise among younger adults, and no one knows why
CNN ^ | Jacqueline Howard,

Posted on 08/08/2017 5:02:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Adults in the United States are dying from colon and rectal cancers at an increasing rate about age 50, when they should just be beginning screenings, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.

Since routine screening is generally not recommended for most adults under 50, the cancers found in younger adults are often in advanced stages and more deadly, said Dr. James Church, a colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Church, who was not involved in the new study, said he has seen this trend in death rates up close. Last year, on separate occasions, Church saw two 36-year-olds with stage IV colon cancer, he said.

In both of those patients, who had no relation to each other, the cancer spread to their livers, making it so he couldn't operate. Both died, he said. "They both had young families, both little girls, and they lost their father in one case and their mother in the other, forever, because of this nasty disease when it's advanced," Church said.

"It makes a big impact on me, and it makes me keenly interested in trying to solve this issue," he said. "Everybody in colorectal surgical circles is seeing increased incidence of colon cancer in the young, defined as younger than 50."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; clevelandclinic; coloncancer; diet; genx; health; nutrition; trends
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1 posted on 08/08/2017 5:02:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

More “organic” foods leading to coliform infections in intestines, perhaps?


2 posted on 08/08/2017 5:03:59 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: BenLurkin

Could be soy.

Could be global warming.


3 posted on 08/08/2017 5:05:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: BenLurkin

My father died in 1998 of Colon Cancer..back then colonoscopies were considered “Invasive” and his doc advised him against it..instead he had a sigmo which only showed about 2 feet of the colon, his tumor was located much deeper than that and because they missed it, spread to his liver and was dead in a year. Anyone that experiences any changes in their bowel should get a colonoscopy no matter what their age


4 posted on 08/08/2017 5:05:30 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rfp1234

High carb diets.


5 posted on 08/08/2017 5:05:55 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: BenLurkin

Uh....cuz they don’t eat enough fruits and veggies?

Too much processed junk?

(now....where’s those cookies....?)


6 posted on 08/08/2017 5:06:14 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: BenLurkin

It couldn’t possibly be all the crap people have been eating?


7 posted on 08/08/2017 5:06:20 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BenLurkin

More gay men?


8 posted on 08/08/2017 5:06:21 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sorry about Dad. Still, 1998 wasn’t so long ago. They could at least have augmented the sigmoidoscopy with a fecal occult blood test.


9 posted on 08/08/2017 5:12:35 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BenLurkin

Bush-43?


10 posted on 08/08/2017 5:12:44 PM PDT by entropy12 (Why Republicans woo & pursue people who will never vote for them (liberals & media) ?)
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To: BenLurkin

My colon was clenched during 8 years of obastard.


11 posted on 08/08/2017 5:13:23 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: BenLurkin

Processed food they’ve been fed all their lives


12 posted on 08/08/2017 5:13:28 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: BenLurkin

Obesity


13 posted on 08/08/2017 5:14:53 PM PDT by SC DOC
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To: rfp1234

More likely high carb diets.


14 posted on 08/08/2017 5:16:08 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: G Larry

You are pretty close, then add higher alcohol and meat consumption. Lack of veggies & fruits means not enough fiber in diet, which slows down movement through intestines, causing rotting food in gut.


15 posted on 08/08/2017 5:16:12 PM PDT by entropy12 (Why Republicans woo & pursue people who will never vote for them (liberals & media) ?)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s either climate change or legal pot.

Can’t be anything else.


16 posted on 08/08/2017 5:17:04 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Ken H

Matt Damon...


17 posted on 08/08/2017 5:18:50 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I’m so sorry.


18 posted on 08/08/2017 5:20:48 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Vaquero

Sorry, but my thoughts, too. I suspect more men-men and men-women are indulging in anal sex. The rectum isn’t designed to accept an erect penis. It is constructed of delicate cells designed for secretion. The vagina is designed for the rigors of sex.....it is lined with cells that are tougher and made for protection. Obviously, not all colon and rectal cancers are because of this. But the colon cancer rate is higher in gay men than in straight men.


19 posted on 08/08/2017 5:20:51 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: entropy12

My impression is that young people aren’t eating as much meat as their parents or grandparents did.


20 posted on 08/08/2017 5:25:51 PM PDT by x
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