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Colon cancer surges among people younger than 55
UPI ^ | MARCH 2, 2023 | Steven Reinberg,

Posted on 03/02/2023 3:35:28 PM PST by george76

Colon cancer continues to rise among younger U.S. adults, with the American Cancer Society reporting a doubling of cases in people younger than 55 in about 25 years.

Also, significantly more Americans are being diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease..

As of 2019, 20% of colon cancer cases occurred in adults under age 55 -- up from just 11% in 1995...

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"We don't know what is driving the increase in colorectal cancer among young people," said senior researcher Dr. Ahmedin Jemal..

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This year more than 153,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer and 52,550 will die from the disease,

Screening is the best protection against colon cancer, Jemal said.

The cancer society recommends that screening start at age 45 for people at average risk. But Jemal said only 4 in 10 adults are being screened.

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colonoscopy .. needs to be done only every 10 years

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Dr. John Ricci, chief of colorectal surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Great Neck, N.Y., said he treats many younger colon cancer patients nowadays.

"Where it used to be almost unheard of to see somebody in their 30s with colon cancer, now we're seeing it fairly frequently, unfortunately,"

Patients have to be aware of their family history

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Colon cancer rates were 33% higher in men (41.5 per 100,000) than in women (31 per 100,000) from 2015 to 2019, likely due to differences in risk factors, such as excess body weight, eating processed meats and smoking,

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The highest rates of colon cancer are among Alaska Natives (88.5 per 100,000), American Indians (46 per 100,000) and Black people (41.7 per 100,000). Among white people, incidence is 35.7 per 100,000. Death patterns are similar, with the highest among Alaska Natives, American Indians and Black people.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


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To: gas_dr
Under 55 lol, diet from what nowadays, organics from Whole Foods along with the rest of their offerings, non-gluten, more seed oil, crap load of soy, Mary Jane, and whatever fad..... Bring back lard and tallow, that should do the trick to make “colon” cancer spiking under 55 go away..
41 posted on 03/02/2023 4:49:56 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: silent majority rising
Beatniks never smoked marijuana back in the late 40s/50s, it was always cocaine and Angel Dust since they always kept to themselves and enjoyed that mellow high. Then came the Hippies (In the 60’s) and their acetaminophens since they shunned those psychedelics ./s
42 posted on 03/02/2023 4:59:30 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: Revel

“...........They say if you fart a lot then it decreased your chances.”


Then I am definitely safe!


43 posted on 03/02/2023 5:02:41 PM PST by hillarys cankles
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To: george76

Check their vax records


44 posted on 03/02/2023 5:05:32 PM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: gas_dr
BTW, do you work for a hospital system with Life Insurance/retirement, etc... that is embedded with an investment group that demands a high ESG score to fund the darn things/monetary principles/investments? Then you better believe your ass (Pun intended) that they will substitute colon for colorectal if need be.
45 posted on 03/02/2023 5:06:28 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: dontreadthis
clot shot

The time travelling vaccine strikes again!

Losing count of the number of times you all have blamed the vaccine on something that would have literally required it to travel through time.

46 posted on 03/02/2023 5:20:55 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: thefactor

Far, far from the first documented case of this vaccine engaging in time travel.


47 posted on 03/02/2023 5:23:06 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: rollo tomasi

That data is proof that it is learned behavior and not “born that way.”


48 posted on 03/02/2023 5:24:29 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: DesertRhino

You just don’t know if “ doing it in the butt have exploded since 1995” has really increased. People are not going to talk about sexual behavior in a questionnaire.


49 posted on 03/02/2023 5:36:08 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: george76

—> “We don’t know what is driving the increase in colorectal cancer among young people,”

Vaxx


50 posted on 03/02/2023 5:57:57 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: silent majority rising

correlation is not causation, but they are two trends that seem to be going hand in hand: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4114042/posts


51 posted on 03/02/2023 6:00:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Vaxx

Yet another in numerous instances of this vaccine travelling through time.

52 posted on 03/02/2023 6:01:25 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

—> Yet another in numerous instances of this vaccine travelling through time.

Genetically Gain-of-Time engineered


53 posted on 03/02/2023 6:04:09 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: rollo tomasi

It was Rolla Tomasi who was the chief suspect, your honor. He did it.


54 posted on 03/02/2023 6:08:06 PM PST by silent majority rising
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To: silent majority rising
I was not aware of the practice of putting marijuana in there. Learn something every day.
55 posted on 03/02/2023 6:08:50 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: steve86

Not saying as a sexual aid, but my thought was that there is a tremendous increase in pot use. And today’s grass is not your daddy’s weed. With legal marijuana, use is through the roof. It has been shown that smoking increases the risk of colon cancer dramatically, and the long term effects of Marijuana use is still not understood. As a former heavy smoker and colon cancer survivor (so far), I am aware of the risk. So you ask yourself, what has changed more than anything else in the last decade? I think two that stand out are the vaccine and mj. However, I have absolutely no facts to support my theory.


56 posted on 03/02/2023 6:19:08 PM PST by silent majority rising
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To: silent majority rising

I lean more to suspecting some unspecified food additive. It doesn’t have to be just in the last decade as a pre-cancerous condition could develop over many years previous. Or an industrial effluent in the atmosphere, etc. If the trend could be narrowed down to a given geographic area the latter possibility would be more likely.


57 posted on 03/02/2023 6:26:06 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: iontheball

The Jab has recently messed with the immune system and cancers in remission have apparently gone to stage 4 in just months.

But that would not direct it to the colon. But it could crop up anywhere.

Others already suggested the most likely cause of increased colon cancer.


58 posted on 03/02/2023 6:49:59 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born but a State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: steve86

I lean more to suspecting some unspecified food additive.

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Nixon told the government to add retinol to skim milk in 1978.


59 posted on 03/02/2023 6:53:35 PM PST by TTFX
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To: TTFX

I meant Carter.


60 posted on 03/02/2023 6:55:03 PM PST by TTFX
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