Posted on 07/22/2019 3:05:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Dr. Boone Goodgame, an assistant professor in the departments of internal medicine and oncology at the University of Texas at Austin, and his colleagues focused on more recent trends.
Using data from the National Cancer Database registry, they found that 12.2% of colorectal cancer diagnoses in the U.S. in 2015 were in people under the age of 50 years compared with 10% in 2004.
The team also found that the percentage of colorectal cancer diagnoses in younger individuals went up in urban but not rural regions.
In addition, doctors detected signs of advanced disease in more than half (51.6%) of colorectal cancer diagnoses in younger adults compared with 40% in the over 50s.
Colorectal cancer diagnoses in younger adults increased at the same rate across all income levels. However, the highest percentage of diagnoses was among the highest earners.
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buggery?
Such a dark subject.
Diet and microbiome.
Well, that’s shitty news.
Really, we believed young men sat around in their parents basements and played video games all night?
Seems as if...
"My teacher told me it was the best... and didn't cause Global Warming!"
Anal sex strongly increases your chances. But the article doesn’t mention that of course.
Anal sex being sold to heteros heavily in porn I understand.
https://www.webmd.com/cancer/qa/does-having-anal-intercourse-affect-risk-of-anal-cancer
School lunches.
I supervise a very smart employee who has been suffering from colon cancer for a year now, it is so sad to watch this progression. She is smart as a whip and a joy to work with.
... or vote Demonicrat.
The Government Food-Pyramid
Fast food. Processed food. Frozen and canned food loaded with preservatives. Mothers don’t get to stay home and cook any more.
This.
Ding ding ding.
And directly related of course, it’s one of the cancers to which obesity contributes.
Does a graph of increasing colon cancer fit exactly, when superimposed over obesity rates?
I’ve gone Keto with Intermittent Fasting, and trying to eliminate all processed food from my diet.
So why the wide divergence between rural and urban populations?
Most rural people eat processed food and fast food.
Everyone needs to watch this man’s videos,
Dr. Eric Berg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3w193M5tYPJqF0Hi-7U-2g
Its the diet. Aspartame and all of the crap in the processed food that was all the rage in the 80’s and 90’s.
Moms stopped cooking in the 70s. The kids of the 80s and 90s hardly ever ate “fresh” anything.
I know there are a lot of people on here that will say they always ate good food—and that might be true, for them.
Take a look around. Tell me that the majority if Americans are eating a good diet.
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