Colon tumors, one of the most dangerous types of cancer, are increasingly encountered in young patients. Diseases of this organ are becoming more common in patients under 50 years of age, writes Vladislav Evseev, oncologist-chemotherapist and member of the expert council of the “Not in Vain” foundation “Lenta.ru”.
Evseev noted that statistics in Russia are the same as in the world, and the age of cancer patients is almost the same as in other countries. He also stated that colon cancer cases have increased slightly. For example, if there were 619 cases in people under 40 in 2010, this number reaches 761 in 2020. But there are also types of cancer whose numbers are decreasing. For example, cases of stomach cancer in people under 40 fell from 856 in 2010 to 677 in 2020.
The doctor noted that some scientists already consider the age limit for cancer diagnosis to be 45, not 50. However, he emphasized that it is not entirely correct to talk about “young” cancer, as the threshold for early diagnosis of different types of cancer is higher. different. For example, it is not surprising that testicular cancer occurs at the age of 35.
Researchers from Boston, USA also approved tendency to “rejuvenation” of cancer. They pointed out that cancer is detected at an earlier age in each new generation. Although the exact causes of cancer at a young age are not yet known, it is believed that changes in the environment and nutrition may be related to this phenomenon.
Before that, patients often had a lot of myths and misconceptions about cancer, said Andrei Kaprin, chief oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health. According to the doctor, in the initial stages, people often confuse cancer with a less serious disease and commit completely wrong actions: drinking painkillers, going to the bathhouse or getting a massage, sunbathing. However, all of these can cause rapid growth of malignant cells.
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