Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set
Upturn is especially strong among those in their 20s, study finds
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rectal bleeding
I'm 32 years of age and experiencing rectal bleeding and I have no idea why this could be happening. It's been three days since it started and I am very concerened . I have already experienced cancer cells on my cervix and had them removed...could it be possible that it found another way to come out. I am very nervous and scared but I dont want my kids to see my worry and the theres nothing majorly wrong. How long should I watch the bleeding before I consult with my doctor?
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Meatless Mondays
As the link between meat consumption and preventable disease becomes increasingly apparent though current research, there is a renewed fervour in the movement toward healthy living by going meatless. The nonprofit health initiative Meatless Monday works with Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health to encourage a reduction in meat consumption to reduce the risk of preventable diseases and also to reduce our carbon footprint. The Youtube video provides the facts and figures behind the history and science of the campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnKeYm
Diagnosed with colon cancer at 25
Last May post an appendectomy, I was informed that I had stage one colon at the age of 25.
My lifestyle had become more sedentary since I graduated from college in 2005, and my weight could of been 20 pounds lighter. But isn’t common among most college grads who join the 9 to 5 workforce to fall into a more sedentary lifestyle, which includes fast-food and obesity?
I fail to accept that cancer singled out my colon due to the common lifestyle changes among most American college graduates.
When I was diagnosed I was a non-smoker, a fairly active walker, 5’9 tall and 175 pounds. So why did I develop cancer in my colon verses another 25-year-old woman who has the same sedentary lifestyle as me, eats as much if not more fast-food than I do, is 40 pounds overweight and smokes a pack a day?
I am the first person in my family to ever be diagnosed with colon cancer. However, cancer does run on both sides of my family tree.
I believe Dr. Enker’s comment that my generation’s lifestyle choices including our higher consumptions of red meats is a plausible cause and a good place to start studying why more 20 somethings are being diagnosed with colon cancer.
I think there should be an independent cancer causing investigation on the added hormones, synthetic chemicals and all other types of toxins that are submerged into America’s food supply.
My dad grilled out a lot when I was growing up. So was it my dad’s spatula, which contributed to me being diagnosed colon cancer? I agree with Siegel that more research is needed to identify the underlying cause for the “disparity” in colorectal cancer rates.
The entire medical field is still stunned about how to properly treat and cure this deadly disease. When my surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center informed me he was familiar with cases like mine – I interpreted that to mean he had worked with patients with similar cases like mine before.
I felt so naive when I figured out what my surgeon really said was… I studied cases like you in medical school, but colon cancer in 20 year olds is so rare that I have never treated a patient like you before.
I believe Siegel is correct when she said, “We aren’t exactly sure what’s going on.”
My hope is for cancer researchers to study the underlying contributing factors causing the increase of colon cancer cases.
Today I am in remission... minus 30 percent of my colon.
My parents prefer me to use the term “cancer free.” I honestly wish I could believe the fairy tale that cancer could never visit me again. However, the truth is my oncologist is unable to tell me about any other patients who have been diagnosed, treated and survived colon cancer in there 20s.
Diagnosed with colon cancer at 25
Last May post an appendectomy, I was informed that I had stage one colon at the age of 25.
My lifestyle had become more sedentary since I graduated from college in 2005, and my weight could of been 20 pounds lighter. But isn’t common among most college grads who join the 9 to 5 workforce to fall into a more sedentary lifestyle, which includes fast-food and obesity?
I fail to accept that cancer singled out my colon due to the common lifestyle changes among most American college graduates.
When I was diagnosed I was a non-smoker, a fairly active walker, 5’9 tall and 175 pounds. So why did I develop cancer in my colon verses another 25-year-old woman who has the same sedentary lifestyle as me, eats as much if not more fast-food than I do, is 40 pounds overweight and smokes a pack a day?
I am the first person in my family to ever be diagnosed with colon cancer. However, cancer does run on both sides of my family tree.
I believe Dr. Enker’s comment that my generation’s lifestyle choices including our higher consumptions of red meats is a plausible cause and a good place to start studying why more 20 somethings are being diagnosed with colon cancer.
I think there should be an independent cancer causing investigation on the added hormones, synthetic chemicals and all other types of toxins that are submerged into America’s food supply.
My dad grilled out a lot when I was growing up. So was it my dad’s spatula, which contributed to me being diagnosed colon cancer? I agree with Siegel that more research is needed to identify the underlying cause for the “disparity” in colorectal cancer rates.
The entire medical field is still stunned about how to properly treat and cure this deadly disease. When my surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center informed me he was familiar with cases like mine – I interpreted that to mean he had worked with patients with similar cases like mine before.
I felt so naive when I figured out what my surgeon really said was… I studied cases like you in medical school, but colon cancer in 20 year olds is so rare that I have never treated a patient like you before.
I believe Siegel is correct when she said, “We aren’t exactly sure what’s going on.”
My hope is for cancer researchers to study the underlying contributing factors causing the increase of colon cancer cases.
Today I am in remission... minus 30 percent of my colon.
My parents prefer me to use the term “cancer free.” I honestly wish I could believe the fairy tale that cancer could never visit me again. However, the truth is my oncologist is unable to tell me about any other patients who have been diagnosed, treated and survived colon cancer in there 20s.
Colorectal Cancer under 50
I am hearing more and more of this - I was diagnosed at age 43, stage 3.
I am wondering if there is some time to a gastric bypass. I had that surgery when I was 33. It causes a malabsorption of many nutrients - the one of importance being calcium. I have read that one of the contributing factors of colorectal cancer is a lack of calcium. Just a thought.
I went through extensive chemo, radiation & two surgeries and am 1 year clean.
Get screened!
