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New Delhi, May 19, 2019 ;
More young people below 50 years of age are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, report two studies in European and high-income countries.
Although total numbers of cases in young people remain low, the studies underscore a sharp rise in rates in 20 to 29-year-olds.
While researchers are not clear why this is happening, obesity and poor diet could be the factors. Experts urged doctors not to ignore symptoms in young people.
In most of Europe, bowel cancer screening programs start at the age of 50 because cases of the disease are much higher among the older age group. However, recent research suggests rates are now rising more steeply among under-50s, and there have been calls for screening to start at 45 instead, in the US particularly. (BBC, May 17, 2019)
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