A first world study has revealed new details on colon cancer patients under the age of 35, who are increasingly diagnosed with the disease.
Although there have been widely reported data on those under 50 – which are considered “early” cases – the researchers behind the new sprawling analysis say that there has been a lack of studies on “Very young”.
The new report revealed that sickness rates in people under 35 have almost doubled from 1990 to 2019, from 21,000 to 41,000, while deaths increased by 25%.
In the United States, rates among people under 50 have increased by 50% in the same period, which suggests faster growth in younger groups.
The study also revealed that three risk factors were strongly associated with colon cancer: intense alcohol consumption, obesity and does not consume enough calcium.
Surprisingly, how much a person exercised, smoking and fibers had little effect on the risk of colon cancer, despite studies connecting the three to the disease.
Although the team did not examine the United States in particular, they have found that cases of colon cancer in North America in less than 35 years have increased from 1,800 to 2,400, an increase of 25 %.
The research team, writing in the review Neoplasia this month, said: “So far, the burden of very eocc disease has never been reported.
“ The results of this study could improve the vigilance of doctors and young adults to CRC in people under 35, also provide a scientific reference for the creation of EOCC control policies and effective aid to the Allocation of medical resources for very eocc prevention and management worldwide.
Bailey Hutchins, illustrated above, shared a recent Tiktok video that she was diagnosed with stadium cancer from three to 24 years.
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Globally, one out of five colon cancer death was linked to low calcium diets, the most important risk factor.
Alcohol was the second highest risk factor, representing 13% of deaths, and obesity represented one in 10.
In North America, on the other hand, 22% of deaths by colon cancer were linked to alcohol consumption, followed closely by obesity at 18% and low calcium diets at 12%.
The study follows a newly published report by the American Cancer Society, which estimated more than 154,000 Americans will be struck by colon cancer this year, and just under 53,000 will die.
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In the United Kingdom, 44,000 British are diagnosed each year and around 16,800 deaths.
The researchers evaluated colon cancer data from 204 countries and territories, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
The data was collected from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study, which examined the risk of chronic illness and mortality for 369 diseases.
The researchers said that even if this data had been analyzed before, a study that that had never focused on patients under 35 years of age.
Researchers have examined five food factors – diet rich in meat transformed, diet rich in red meat, low calcium diet, low fiber diet and low milk diet – as well as alcohol consumption, smoking, a low physical activity and obesity.
In total, global cases of colon cancer in under 35s increased from 21,874 in 1990 to 41,545 in 2019, which doubled over 30 years.
Only 61% of cases were in men, while 39% were in women.
It is a higher percentage of men with disease than the national average for all groups. According to the American Cancer Society, around 51% of patients with colon cancer are in all men.
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In addition, the rate of very early colon cancer increased from 0.8 per 100,000 people in 1990 to 1.05 per 100,000 people in 2019.
Alcohol was the second highest risk factor, representing 13% of deaths, and obesity represented one in 10.
Researchers have not evaluated the risk factors of other age groups, although diets rich in red and transformed meat, low fiber and smoking diets are considered the most important risk factors in elderly.
From 1990 to 2019, deaths also went from 11,445 to 15,486, a leap of 27%.
Meanwhile, in 2023, 13,160 Americans aged 50 to 64 died of colon cancer, which suggests that the disease is still much more common and fatal in the elderly.
The team also examined the risk factors linked to deaths by colon cancer.
Globally, low calcium diets had the greatest link with colon cancer.
One in five deaths in the world was due to a low milk diet and other calcium-rich foods such as cheese, salmon, leaf vegetables and yogurt.
Calcium is believed to be binding to bile acids and free fatty acids in the colon, thus reducing their potentially carcinogenic effects.
Carly Barrett, from Kentucky, received a diagnosis of colon cancer at 24 years old after detecting blood in her stool and suffering from abdominal pain
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Earlier this month, a study published in Nature Communications revealed that an additional 300 mg of calcium per day could reduce the risk of colon cancer by 17%. This is roughly the same amount of calcium in a large cup of milk.
In the new study, alcohol consumption was responsible for 13% of colon cancer deaths worldwide.
The researchers did not specify how much alcohol was linked to colon cancer, although recent research suggests that two drinks per day for men or 1.5 for women are sufficient to increase the risk.
Alcohol has been shown to damage colon cells, leaving them more prone to harmful mutations linked to cancer.
A recent report in Annals of Oncology, for example, revealed that alcohol could increase the risk of colon cancer up to 50%.
A high body mass index (BMI) was the third most common risk factor for the death of colon cancer, but was only responsible for one in 10 deaths.
A high BMI is more than 30, which is considered to be the obesity threshold.
This suggests that obesity is not the main cause, as many studies have suggested.
The team said that the exercise levels were perhaps not a significant risk factor due to several countries, especially less developed, to be less sedentary and to rely more on physical work .
Although researchers in the new study did not examine the United States in particular, they have examined “North America with high income”, which includes the United States and Canada.
In this region, alcohol was most strongly linked to deaths by colon cancer, the report concluding that this contributed to 22% of deaths.
However, much fewer deaths have been linked to low milk diets. In North America, 12% were associated with a low -milk diet, compared to 21.5% worldwide.
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This could be due to the love of America’s drink. According to World Population Review Population, the United States consumes more milk than any other country with the exception of India.
Behind the alcohol, the high BMI was the second risk factor for death in the most common colon in North America, linked to 18% of deaths.
The regimes rich in red and processed meat also represented one in 10 out of 10 death on colon cancer in North America with high income.
Several recent studies have examined in particular transformed meats and colon cancer.
A report published last year in NPJ Precision Oncology, for example, suggested that transformed meats produce metabolites, which declared that researchers have declared “nourishing” cancer cells and normal cells “ hijacks ”.
And other recent research suggests that the consumption of transformed meats more than once a week is associated with an increased risk of colon cancer markers, which show the presence of cancer in body liquids like blood and urine .
The researchers of the new study said that there were several limits to the study, including the lack of details on the severity of cancer and the location of tumors.
The team also did not examine other risk factors for colon cancer suspected such as the use of antibiotics and intestinal bacteria.
The researchers wrote: “Nevertheless, these limitations did not change the fact that this study provided an integrated estimate of the very eocrc load, which was precious for controlling the charge of the disease.”