Colorectal cancer rates are rising among younger Americans even as they're falling for others according to : Los Angeles Times

Those findings were reinforced Wednesday in a related report on colorectal cancer from the American Cancer Society. Dr. Chang also suggested that routine colorectal cancer screening might need to be extended to certain people under 50. Americans younger than 50 have a roughly 1 in 300 chance of developing invasive colorectal cancer. With the growing use of colonoscopy, new cases of colon or rectal cancer have been steadily declining among Americans since the mid-1980s. Even more dramatic increases were seen in the rate of rectal cancer among younger patients, and those increases have been mounting over a longer period.




"Suddenly (there's) this anxiety among him and his peers about the risk of colon cancer," said Bilchik.Although colon cancer deaths overall are declining, Bilchik said cases among millennials are climbing. Cases of colon cancer are on the rise among young adults, a new study shows. "The incidence of colon cancer is going up in younger people and in particular those born after 1990," Bilchik said.In the American Cancer Society study, researchers found someone born in 1990 has double the risk of early colon cancer and quadruple the risk of early rectal cancer compared to someone born in 1950. Anton Bilchik, the chief of medicine at John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, said his 23-year-old son called him, concerned about the study. "If millennials can improve the way they eat, not smoke - and that's the other important factor - and increase their level of activity, they can reduce the chance of getting colon cancer enormously," he said.Bilchik's son, Dean, hopes his millennial peers will get the message.

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger adults

In recent years, rates of colorectal cancer cases and deaths in the United States rose among young and middle-aged adults, an American Cancer Society study of colorectal cancer trends between 2000 and 2014 finds. Increased prevalence of obesity, unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles contributed to the rise in colorectal cancer cases and deaths among adults younger than 50, the researchers suspect. Story continues after statsUnder 50 50 and over 22 percent Increase in U.S. colorectal cancer incidence rate 32 percent Decrease in U.S. colorectal cancer incidence rate 13 percent Increase in U.S. colorectal cancer death rate 34 percent Decrease in U.S. colorectal cancer death rateNew cases are still most prevalent in people 65 and older: 58 percent of the estimated 135,430 new diagnoses projected for 2017 will occur in that age group. But the cancer increase among younger adults could mean that screening should start before age 50. Overall, colorectal cancer and death rates are declining.



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