Colon Cancer On The Rise For Young People
May be time to get checked, or talk to your doctor about it. Colon cancer is on the rise in young people. Some studies are showing those born in 1990 are twice as likely to get diagnosed with colon cancer than someone born in 1950, and four times as likely to be diagnosed with rectal cancer.
This is serious especially if cancer runs in your family. A few of my aunts and uncles had colon cancer, and I lost my mother to it when I was 26 years old. She was only 66 and it was heartbreaking for me and my 8 brothers and sisters.
Olympus Launches Awareness Initiatives in Support of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Olympus commits to the prevention and detection of colon cancer through charitable support and awareness events
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Olympus announced today its 2021 support of major national colorectal cancer (CRC) organizations and initiatives to increase screening and awareness, as part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which is observed annually to educate the public on the importance of colorectal cancer prevention. These initiatives are more important than ever, with a ~90% decline of colorectal cancer screening rates since the start of pandemic. This decline puts thousands at risk for delayed or missed diagnoses.
Doctors say delaying screenings could lead to a wave in cancer cases
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ORANGE, Calif. â Cancer doctors are urging adults to stay on top of annual screenings. While clinics have been open for months, some patients have delayed life-saving screenings during the pandemic.
âThereâs no doubt thereâs concerns among cancer surgeons, all of us, that we may be missing cancers and people are going to have worse outcomes because of it, said Dr. Brian Norouzi, a urologist and robotic surgeon at St. Joseph s Hospital in Orange, California.
A recent report from The British Medical Journal found delaying treatment each month for certain cancers can raise the risk of death by around 10 percent. Researchers looked at bladder, breast, colon, rectum, lung, cervix, and head and neck cancers â that together represent 44 percent of all incident cancers globally.