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Colon cancer is killing more younger men and women than ever, new report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
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Experts are stumped as to why colorectal cancer is rising dramatically among people in their 30s and 40s.

Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer for men under age 50 — and the second deadliest cancer among women in the same age group, behind breast cancer.

The incidence of colon cancer has been rising for at least the last two decades, when it was the fourth-leading cause of cancer death for both men and women under 50.

Among men and women of all ages, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death. Prostate cancer is second for men, and breast cancer is second for women. Colorectal cancer is third, overall, for both sexes.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Serious question: Could it be HPV transmission through anal sex?

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

We'd have to wait and see as things develop further, but I'm going to go ahead and say colon cancer rates rising alongside more and more food being processed is uh... far more likely.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's an awful lot of anal sex.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

If they were doing it that much, I doubt they felt it was all that bad.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You'd expect it to go down, if that were the case. Way more people under 35 have gotten an HPV vaccine compared with older people.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This article just came up regarding cervical cancer and HPV. Same age group as this anal cancer discussion. Cases plumet for young women because of the HPV vaccine but not 30's and 40's because the vaccines were approved in 2006.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/hpv-vaccine-cervical-cancer-rising-women-research-rcna134224

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to Lemmy, where a genuine, honest question gets down votes.

What the hell is wrong with people here?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because it’s a bad question?

[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not though, it's a reasonable question.