A global epidemic of cancer among people younger than 50 could be emerging

[How Sway?]

Iana dos Reis Nunes was 43 when she told her husband that she could feel something like a bubble in her abdomen when she lay on her side.

An ultrasound scan found spots on her liver, which led to blood tests and a colonoscopy.

"There was a tumor the size of your fist, and she had no pain and no problems with bowel movements or anything like that," recalled Brendan Higgins, her husband, who works as an artist in New York City.

By the time doctors found it, dos Reis Nunes' colon cancer had spread. It was stage 4, meaning it had reached other parts of her body.

The family was blindsided.

"She had had a baby 15 months prior to her diagnosis, so she'd had a million blood tests, you know, care from doctors and sonograms ... and there was no indication of anything, nothing whatsoever."

When cancer strikes an adult under the age of 50, doctors call it an early-onset case. These cancers at younger ages are becoming more common.
A new review of cancer registry records from 44 countries found that the incidence of early-onset cancers is rising rapidly for colorectal and 13 other types of cancers, many of which affect the digestive system, and this increase is happening across many middle- and high-income nations.

The review's authors say the upswing in younger adults in happening in part because of more sensitive testing for some cancer types, such as thyroid cancer. But testing doesn't completely account for the trend, says co-author Shuji Ogino, a professor of pathology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Ogino says the spike is due to an unhealthy stew of risk factors that are probably working together, some which are known and others that need to be investigated.

He notes that many of these risks have established links to cancer like obesity, inactivity, diabetes, alcohol, smoking, environmental pollution and Western diets high in red meat and added sugars, not to mention shift work and lack of sleep.

A global epidemic of cancer among people younger than 50 could be emerging

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[TheDarceKnight]

My mom's 67 and is dying from cancer right now. Horrible. I'm in my 30's and this has definitely made me decide to make sure I get myself checked out regularly and get more frequent physicals and blood work.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

My mom's 67 and is dying from cancer right now. Horrible. I'm in my 30's and this has definitely made me decide to make sure I get myself checked out regularly and get more frequent physicals and blood work.

My pops is around the same age as your mom and got prostate cancer a couple of years ago. It shocked me out of the anxiety I was fighting. They caught it early and were able to remove it. Thankfully he is cancer free today.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

My pops is around the same age as your mom and got prostate cancer a couple of years ago. It shocked me out of the anxiety I was fighting. They caught it early and were able to remove it. Thankfully he is cancer free today.

Glad he's doing well !

 

[Loken]

two of my sisters had it in their 40's one had breast cancer ( caught in time) and the other colon cancer ( caught it to late)

 

[Sunshine]

two of my sisters had it in their 40's one had breast cancer ( caught in time) and the other colon cancer ( caught it to late)

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

two of my sisters had it in their 40's one had breast cancer ( caught in time) and the other colon cancer ( caught it to late)

I'm really sorry for the loss, man. Thinking of you and yours

 

[MushroomX]

My Grandpa had Colon Cancer stuff, so I probably will have Polyps on my first checkup. I don't fret getting a colonoscopy. However knowing how we have these 'Incels/Alpha Males', I just wonder how many will fear having stuff placed up their anus to do normal work and search for pre-Cancerous growths.

"I am not gay, I am not having shyt shoved up my ass!"

 

[barese]

He notes that many of these risks have established links to cancer like obesity, inactivity, diabetes, alcohol, smoking, environmental pollution and Western diets high in red meat and added sugars, not to mention shift work and lack of sleep.

Plus we'll be testing the theory about the viral origin of cancer in the future.

We all know HPV causes cancer.
SARS2 could also be a possible cause...

Cancer as a prospective sequela of long COVID-19 - PubMed

As the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to surge worldwide, our knowledge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is rapidly expanding. Although most COVID-19 patients recover within weeks of symptom onset, some experience lingering symptoms that...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

This hypothesis is based on growing evidence of the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to modulate oncogenic pathways, promote chronic low-grade inflammation, and cause tissue damage. Comprehensive studies are urgently required to elucidate the effects of long COVID-19 on cancer susceptibility.

There's also indirect effect of pandemics on skipped screenings, so it will be difficult to separate effects for a while:

The COVID Cancer Effect

Oncologists are grappling with predicting—and mitigating—the effects of the pandemic

www.scientificamerican.com

There's also the opposite effect of cancer on COVID:

Some cancers and cancer treatments may increase your risk of severe illness from COVID-19.

COVID-19 and Cancer

Information about COVID-19, including what patients with cancer should know about the virus, how the pandemic may affect cancer care, research studies for patients with cancer and COVID-19, and news about NCI’s response to COVID-19.

www.cancer.gov

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I had a good friend die of colon cancer in 2020, exact same age as me and just a year after his first son was born. A few years before that one of my mentors from college who was just a few years older than me died of stomach cancer at 34. She had two little girls.




Ogino says the spike is due to an unhealthy stew of risk factors that are probably working together, some which are known and others that need to be investigated.

He notes that many of these risks have established links to cancer like obesity, inactivity, diabetes, alcohol, smoking, environmental pollution and Western diets high in red meat and added sugars, not to mention shift work and lack of sleep.



I mean, it's all right there. Neither of my friends who died were obese/inactive but they both ate a lot of red meat and "rich" foods in general.

 

[Bboystyle]

Eat better brehs. Diet is the main reason americans suffer from all this shyt. From heart problems to cancers. Stop eating like shyt, cut back on processed meat and foods and be active.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Eat better brehs. Diet is the main reason americans suffer from all this shyt. From heart problems to cancers. Stop eating like shyt, cut back on processed meat and foods and be active.

Not Saying You’re Wrong Cause I’m Sure There’s Some Truth In There But I Feel Like I See More Fit People Than Fat People Get Cancer Now That I Think About It lol

Also It’s Crazy You Never See The Morbidly Obese Get Cancer

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Not Saying You’re Wrong Cause I’m Sure There’s Some Truth In There But I Feel Like I See More Fit People Than Fat People Get Cancer Now That I Think About It lol

Also It’s Crazy You Never See The Morbidly Obese Get Cancer

That's just not true statistically though - obesity is very heavily correlated with cancer rates. That of course does not mean only obese people get cancer but they clearly get it more often. Sugar intake, white flour intake, red meat intake, and processed / cured meat intake are all highly correlated with cancer risks too.

A non-obese person can still take in carcinogens like processed meats or increase their risk factors in other ways, or just get unlucky. But statistically obesity is playing at least a part in this shyt.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

That's just not true statistically though - obesity is very heavily correlated with cancer rates. That of course does not mean only obese people get cancer but they clearly get it more often. Sugar intake, white flour intake, red meat intake, and processed / cured meat intake are all highly correlated with cancer risks too.

A non-obese person can still take in carcinogens like processed meats or increase their risk factors in other ways, or just get unlucky. But statistically obesity is playing at least a part in this shyt.

My Claim Is Completely 100% Made Up shyt From My Own Observations So I’m Aware It Has No Validity lol Everytime I See These Sad Cancer Videos Online Or Hear Of Someone With It It’s Never A 400lb+ Person

I’m Aware You Can Be 200lb And “Obese” I’m Just Saying

 

[Mindfield333]

My pops is around the same age as your mom and got prostate cancer a couple of years ago. It shocked me out of the anxiety I was fighting. They caught it early and were able to remove it. Thankfully he is cancer free today.

This is my my story as well. It’s was rough and he beat it.