Lifestyles Spiked Early Onset Cancers?

Risk factors – obesity, tobacco & alcohol intake, sedentary lifestyles & decreased quality of adequate rest – were all exacerbated during the pandemic. Result: More younger people being diagnosed with cancer …

According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, diagnoses of early-onset cancers – those affecting people 50 & younger – spiked between 2010 & 2019.

As Fox News noted, “the fastest growing type was gastrointestinal cancer, which rose 14.80%, followed by cancer of the endocrine system (8.69%) & breast cancer (7.7%).” The former “originates anywhere along the digestive tract, including the esophagus, small intestine, stomach, pancreas, colon, bile duct, gall bladder, liver, anus & rectum.” Ironically, the researchers found that while the overall incidence of early-onset cancers increased, it decreased for those over 50.

The authors concluded: “The increase in early-onset cancers is likely associated with the increasing incidence of obesity, as well as changes in environmental exposures, such as smoke & gasoline, sleep patterns, physical activity, microbiota & transient exposure to carcinogenic compounds.” Opined Dr. Monique Gary, who was not involved in the study: “It is not surprising that the risk factors associated with increased cancer incidence are largely preventable … The study is further evidence of a disturbing trend that physicians have more than anecdotally known to be true, i.e., that cancer rates are increasing in younger individuals.”

Davd Soul