Scientists from the National University of Singapore found that young people are more likely to suffer from cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. The results of the research have been published magazine JAMA Network Open (part of JAMA network).
In many countries, the increase in cancer rates among young people can be attributed to a number of factors: changes in diet, lifestyle and sleep patterns, obesity, antibiotic use and air pollution.
The authors reviewed the medical records of a total of 562,145 young people across 17 different databases. In general, the incidence of cancer in people under 50 years of age has increased so much that 3 more cases per 100,000 people were diagnosed in 2019 than in 2010.
Analysis of the incidence of specific age groups and different types of cancer is more illuminating and points to the main risk factors that may contribute to an increased cancer burden. Gastrointestinal cancer rates were the fastest growing of all early cancer types in people aged 30 to 39. The incidence of this cancer either remained stable or decreased in the elderly.
Scientists do not know what this trend is connected with, so they plan to conduct a series of more studies.
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