Bowel cancer rates rising 'among young adults' More young people under 50 are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, two studies of the disease in European and high-income countries have found.
Although total numbers of cases in young people remain low, the studies highlighted a sharp rise in rates in 20 to 29-year-olds.
Researchers are not clear why this is happening, but say obesity and poor diet could be factors.
Experts urged doctors not to ignore symptoms in young people. BBC News
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Although total numbers of cases in young people remain low, the studies highlighted a sharp rise in rates in 20 to 29-year-olds.
Researchers are not clear why this is happening, but say obesity and poor diet could be factors.
Experts urged doctors not to ignore symptoms in young people. BBC News
See also:
- Increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults in Europe over the last 25 years (abstract) Gut
- Changes in colorectal cancer incidence in seven high-income countries: a population-based study (abstract) Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Bowel cancer is on the rise in the UK The Daily Mail
- Calls for bowel cancer screening to be introduced earlier amid rise in cases in under 50s The Daily Telegraph
- Bowel cancer rise among UK under-50s prompts screening call The Guardian
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