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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“Diet and microbiome.”
sounds about right ...
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