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Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?
- TimorousBestie 5mo agoVery good visualization repair. I particularly appreciate the TL;DR at the end. In a world of mostly bad popular medical advice this seems competent and at least facially correct.
- gopalv 5mo ago> Yes, if you are currently young, you face higher CRC risk than previous generations did when they were young. That’s the bad news. Unlike the usual Bettridge's law, the answer to the headline is only a qualified "No". It is a "So is all other cancers!", which is pretty bad news for folks who are young and healthy right now.
- tclancy 5mo agoOne thing I can't figure out from the content or the graphs (where I can read the legends with my 1975 eyes) is whether this adjusts for overall mortality rate, which is to say, is any of this effect due to the fact people are more and more likely to wear seat belts, not die of (now-)preventable diseases, etc.? EDIT: having thought that over a third time, I am not sure it makes any sense.
- antasvara 5mo agoI think the standard calculation is per person-year, not per person. So a 22-year-old dying of a car crash shouldn't skew the statistics, because they only contribute 2 people-years to the 20-24 age group. That being said, I can see a few plausible biases (though none of them explain the scale of the increase IMO): 1. CRC risk is correlated with some previously fatal, but now curable disease. The mechanism would be that your high-risk CRC patients would die due to yellow fever or something in 1970, meaning they don't have the chance to get CRC. The important thing is that it would have to "artificially" remove high-risk patients from the age group, but not low risk patients. 2. CRC risk is noticeably higher at 24 than it is at 20, and all-other-cause mortality is significantly lower today. That would lead to a higher proportion of 24-year-old "years" in the calculation. 3. People used to die of CRC before it was caught, which caused it to not be recorded as a cancer incidence. 1 seems unlikely, and even if true shouldn't make a big difference. 2 seems the most possible, but still unlikely to make a huge difference. I don't know enough about how they determine cause of death to know if 3 is a possible outcome.
- kubb 5mo agoThanks for the PFAS old codgers.
- Legend2440 5mo agoNo, not all cancers - a handful of cherry picked cancers. The overall age-adjusted cancer rate has been going down, and the death rate even more so. https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/all.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/all.html
- consumer451 5mo agoFun fact: "Betteridge's law" does not reflect reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines#Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
- selimthegrim 5mo agoMaybe they're all running too many marathons.
- grassfedgeek 5mo agoPersonally I am hesitant to do colonoscopy after a relative had a botched procedure. Just this month two celebrities revealed botched colonoscopies. I hope they figure out ways to make this procedure safer. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/kathy-griffin-hospitalized-colonoscopy-complications-014500392.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/kathy... https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/05/18/amy-schumer-2026-botched-colonoscopy/90146474007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/202...
- matthewdgreen 5mo agoThose articles don't really say what the "botch" is. Was it the anesthesia? The actual endoscopic examination? Removal of polyps? If its the polyp removal, I can certainly see how that could lead to problems. But you're a little stuck: even if you use another technique to do the scan, you still have to remove any polyps you find, don't you?
- no_no_no_yes 5mo agoyes I've had both a colonoscopy and a sigmoidoscopy (less invasive colonoscopy). I'm not sure what the botches are here. In the sigmoidoscopy they took out a couple of polyps, in the colonoscopy (more recently than the sigmoidoscopy) they just did a cancer check-up given family history. I wish those articles discusses the "botches", I'd like to know since from my understanding these are pretty safe procedures
- relaxing 5mo agoMaybe just don’t worry yourself with anecdata.
- thinkloop 5mo agoI did mine without anesthesia/sedatives. There were moments of discomfort when they pump gas to expand the area - feels like a big fart is stuck in your gut - but otherwise no big deal, especially knowing that the pain is not dangerous. Recommend. It eliminates recovery time afterwards (you can drive yourself home) and increases safety.
- Terr_ 5mo agoAll this talk about different groupings (and overlapping kinds of time) makes me think of Simpson's Paradox [0], where how we slice things can be very important to what trend we see. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox
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- 1970-01-01 5mo agoIs "medical term" used "appropriately"? Yes. Nothing to see here. And stop abusing quotation marks.
- TrackerFF 5mo agoHad my first colonoscopy 4 months ago, after going for a couple of years with every red flag symptom under the sun. The procedure was a piece of cake. As the standard is where I'm from (Norway), I was only administered some sedatives - but honestly I couldn't feel much difference. I watched the procedure on the screen, which was quite fascinating. The worst part, by far, was the emptying / prepping. A month prior to the colonoscopy I took a stool sample (negative for blood), but my doc wanted to be safe. In the end they nothing was found, not even polyps. EDIT: I had put of going to it for the longest time, but a friend of mine (35 years old) was diagnosed with stage 4 last year, which pushed me to get it checked out. He had experienced prolonged constipation, that's it. When the tumor was found, the cancer had spread to both of his lungs and liver. He's still alive, and fighting it.
- dyauspitr 5mo agoHow old are you? I’m 37 and my doc says you get one at 45
- jedberg 5mo ago> The worst part, by far, was the emptying / prepping. Protip to those who have it coming up: Ask for the pill prep instead of the "sludge" prep. You end up spending the day on the toilet either way, but at least it doesn't taste as bad with the pills.
- mrbonner 5mo agoI’m doing it this year. Does the pill work as effectively as the drink?
- jedberg 5mo agoSome doctors will say yes, some no. Best bet is to do what your doctor suggests, but at least ask if the pills are an option.
- skywhopper 5mo agoI can’t compare the two, but fwiw, in my experience, while the drink is mildly unpleasant it’s only the texture of the drink itself that’s bad and the fact that you have to drink quite a bit of it. It doesn’t taste bad per se (and you can add flavored drink mix to help) and the “purging” part is painless, ie no cramps or anything.
- 650REDHAIR 5mo agoGet it done! But not at Kaiser. $17k later…
- archagon 5mo agoWhy did Kaiser’s insurance not pay out here?
- 650REDHAIR 5mo agoIt did, but my contribution for procedure + pathology was still over $5k. My out of pocket max is ~$8k.
- archagon 5mo agoOh, OK. But you didn’t pay 17K yourself? (I’m also on Kaiser, but never had any major procedure done.)
- lokar 5mo agoPeople should be reminded that colonoscopy is not just a screening, it is also preventative. They often find growths that may develop into cancer, and remove them during the procedure.
- tomjakubowski 5mo agoDoes insurance see it this way? I've had a couple precancerous moles (melanoma in situ) removed, which seems similar, and my health insurance provider billed me more than I was expecting because they didn't categorize it as preventive care.
- VerifiedReports 5mo agoI think so, even with shitty U.S. providers. I've never had a problem.
- cdcarter 5mo agoMost US insurance has very strict guidelines about what is diagnostic vs preventative for a colonoscopy. And its almost certianly diagnostic.
- ipsento606 5mo agodiagnostic does not mean "not covered", it just means it moves out of the "zero cost even if you haven't met your deductible yet" categroy defined by the ACA, and into the regular category where you pay your deductible, copays and coinsurance
- leviathant 5mo agoI did a colonoscopy at 38, because I saw something in the toilet that looked like the lingonberries at Ikea. Everyone was like "Man that seems early" but when I woke up, the doctor expressed some surprise when he told me they removed a couple of polyps. A week or two later, I got a bill for several thousand dollars, and I just had to roll with it. I believe that in the US, there is a certain age, after which, they're covered.
- victor106 5mo ago> We don’t yet know if colonoscopies are better than other methods of screening My Gastroentrologist told me just recently that the stool test (Cologuard) is very accurate but must be repeated every 3 years as opposed to getting a Colonoscopy which should be repeated every 7 to 10 years
- bitwize 5mo agoMy doctor makes me do one every year
- bluGill 5mo agoWhat is better? If the stool test can find something that isn't in the colon but isn't as good for things that are in the colon which is better? The important part is both are good, so get one.
- leviathant 5mo agoWhat is better? My colonoscopy came with a dose of propofol that made me understand why Michael Jackson went out the way he did. Best sleep I've ever had.
- bluGill 5mo agoI hope that is forever the only difference. However if you actually have a deadly form of cancer (not all are worth treating, but that is a different discussion) better is whichever one gets you the correct treatment sooner. By contrast if you don't have cancer is whichever doesn't have side effects.
- scrollop 5mo agoAlso increased, or we're now aware of, higher rates in long distance runners.
- adaml_623 5mo agoI'd love to know the causation for that correlation
- saladdays 5mo agoPerhaps higher sugar consumption from fueling techniques?
- elric 5mo agoThere was some discussion about this on HN recently. Supposedly something to do with less blood going to the bowels during prolonged exercise. Apparently the risk was largest in people who ran 5+ marathons.
- nradov 5mo agoNo one knows for sure. One hypothesis is chronic inflammation, perhaps linked to diet or mechanical stress.
- array_key_first 5mo agoMy understanding is that exercise lowers chronic inflammation. Basically, you trade off acute inflammation during the exercise itself for less inflammation when you're not exercising. But, maybe long distance running is too long or something.
- CGMthrowaway 5mo agoFYI there are other options besides a full scope for screening now, especially if you are low risk
- epistasis 5mo agoNice to have a good data-based take on this question make it to the front of HN! One of our better microscopes these days is DNA sequencing, especially for cancer, and the particular base mutations and the sequences in which they occur give heavy clues about the types of mutagens that are going on. The DNA damage from UV radiation from the sun and bulky adduct repair from smoking damage are vastly different. Even when cells have a defect in a repair mechanism, you can tell which repair mechanism is broken based on the particular base changes in which context. A study from 2025 reapplied these Alexandronv signatures to colorectal cancer with a global set of cohorts, and suggests that colibactin, a mutagen produced by some strains of E. coli and related bacteria, could be driving some of the increase in early age colorectal cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09025-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09025-8 Of course we don't know exactly how much of the increase, or the other explanations; causality is multi-causal and I bring this particular cause up because it's one of the stronger leads so far. But when we've lost our keys in the night, even if its easiest to look under the light of the streetlamp, that doesn't mean its the only place we might find them.
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- brewcejener 5mo agoThe same vaccines that can't be tested against a control group for ethical reasons.
- tclancy 5mo agoKind of pointless to inject a bunch of corpses anyway.
- economistbob 5mo agoExcess deaths occured in the vaccinated rather than the unvaccinated. N =20 million using single payer data: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12095670/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12095670/
- tclancy 5mo ago^ was a dumb joke about what a control group might be, not me being anti-vax.
- ck2 5mo agoI guess cancer is the new climate denial Did you miss the BILLIONS in lawsuits against RoundUp and other herbicides? Did you miss all the deregulation by the first and now second Trump administration allowing crazy levels of pollution and toxicity among all the industries? They are still using leaded fuel in prop aircraft at hundreds of airports around the country and world, spraying it on unknowning population Our environment has never been more dangerous yet people never more ignorant or carefree
- polynomial 5mo agoLess MTTF and more MTTR
- braincat31415 5mo agoOne can always count on Trump being brought up in any discussion. Trump is definitely not the Second Coming as his proponents believe, but the previous admin is not the Saint Incarnate either, on this particular subject. Biden's EPA filing: The agency says it is standing by its conclusions that, as registered, glyphosate doesn't pose major risks to human health..." Any US admin always serves the Big Business, and people's health is just a bump on the road.
- nephihaha 5mo agoThere are many things causing cancer unfortunately and I think these are just two of them.
- pbjerkeseth 5mo agoI recommend getting a colonoscopy if you have any symptoms. There is a lot of stigma that prevents people from being proactive about this type of issue. My anecdote (M, 35) is that I got one after experiencing symptoms that turned out to be unrelated, but they did find pre-cancerous polyps so now I will be getting them more regularly. I received received meaningful early detection and peace of mind. Also aside from the prep, its a very convenient procedure. You get put under anesthesia and do a quick time travel.
- throwawway222 5mo ago> if you have any symptoms What kinds of symptoms are people actually seeing? Or, without graphic details of your bowel habits, is this a "you'd know it when you see it" type of situation, where it would probably be obvious? WebMD just says: change in bowel habits, blood in stool (would this be obvious?), anemia (how would you notice this?), unusual gas (uh, what is normal?), unexplained weight loss, fatigue, vomiting? Unexplained weight loss and vomiting seem obvious, but the rest I'm not sure I'd even notice.
- pbjerkeseth 5mo agoBlood in my case, and it would probably be obvious. In general though I think a lot of these questions are answerable by paying attention to the changes in your body, how you're feeling, researching, and raising thoughts/concerns/etc with your primary cary provider when that comes up short. No need to go searching for issues if there isn't some leading indicator that sticks out to you as something to be curious about, or there isn't some related family medical history.
- BobaFloutist 5mo agoBlood in stool has a strong effect on the odor, so you'd probably notice it. If your stool smells dramatically worse (or at least different) than usual, in a maybe metallic way, that's how you know. And "unusual" usually means unusual for you. So if you don't change your diet or habits, but suddenly get a ton of gas, fatigue, need to go to the bathroom way more often or have a different experience going to the bathroom, it's worth mentioning to do your doctor.
- dsign 5mo agoHuman biology is such a horror...I've been through it with enough loved ones that I've been left with two obsessions: a) a dignified way to go when my time comes, and b) we should either fix human biology, go post-biological, or simply surrender as a species and be replaced by AI. I know there are many counter-arguments to the above, but I've come to suspect the integrity of our species' rationality under the savage ravaging of Dog.
- slicktux 5mo agoI’m not sure if this comment is AI generated but I’d like to make a point either way. Human biology is orders of magnitude more efficient than AI; that’s in regards to intelligence and processing the world around us. It is not only more efficient but more complex but yet simple. Therefore, the complexity of our biology is a result of efficiency. An efficiency that allows us to process the world and achieve homeostasis in the most simple way. I’d like to see a machine achieve the same without having any type of vulnerability or weakness to corruption.
- imtringued 5mo agoNonsense. Human biology is incredible. 80 years average life span for a mammal is amazing to the point that it should be impossible. The real problem is that as lifespans get longer, silent chronic diseases progress over the span of decades without anyone noticing. I mean look at human teeth. Horses have extra long teeth that emerge slowly out of the jaw over time as they get worn down. Their teeth are absolutely massive and yet their average dental lifespan is 20 years, up to 25 years if they are lucky and have been fed low abrasive food. Same with cows, after 20 years they have worn their teeth down and are called gummers. Meanwhile humans who brush their teeth with fluoride and hydroxyapatite, and use interdental brushes of the correct size for each tooth gap, can basically keep their teeth all the way into their 80s. Mammals with a similar life span as humans such as elephants have gone through several sets of teeth after 70 years. Humans are built for longevity. If we died at 30, nobody would give a crap about any type of cancer.
- VerifiedReports 5mo agoWhy are the "critical terms" in "that headline" in quotes? Then some clown downvotes this straightforward question. Brilliant.
- bsimpson 5mo agoProbably because one of the main explorations of the articles is quantifying "young people."
- VerifiedReports 5mo agoIf the headline merely had quotes around "young," that would make sense.
- arbirk 5mo agowhat is rate per 100.000 tracking? I guess it means among living persons at every datapoint. If so decreasing mortality overall and final diagnosis specifically plays a large role in the numbers
- nomemory 5mo agoSeeing young adults around me going through this made me change my dietary habits 1 year ago. I went to the extreme by modern food industry standards, but now: - I take 100g proteins, 30g fibers daily - Red meat once a week but never fried - Most of the protein comes from eggs, yoggurt, chicken and various plant based sources - No white bread - No added sugars, no deserts except fruits - Nothing fried - No added salt - No canned food - Saturated fats kept at minimum. - No spicy food - No alcohol The results are incredible. I lost 8 kg, my blood samples are perfect, my pulse dropped with 10, I sleep better, no migraines (I had those for years). Also this year I was the only one in the family that didn't got any cold, and that's quite hard with two kids going to kindergarten. It's hard in the first two weeks, but afterwards it's becoming your daily routine. I also use an app to track various stats. The gameification of the diet also helped me a little. I urge you to try this. To make it more manageable start small. For example avoid fast food for 2 weeks. Don't put any mayonnaise in your food for 1month. Stop eating white bread. And then add more and more restrictions. The hardest fight is the urge to eat sugar and drink alcohol, give it time.
- LPisGood 5mo agoWhy no canned foods? Sodium concerns?
- nomemory 5mo agoYes. Too much sodium, or oil. Or other nasty substances.
- antinomicus 5mo agoPlenty of canned things that don’t have added sodium or oil though.
- nomemory 5mo agoIn my part of the world this is the norm.
- scherlock 5mo agoHad my first colonoscopy at 46. Found cancer, stage 2b. Resection and chemo. I was completely asymptomatic. I put a post on FB and I now know about a dozen people who that prompted to get their colonoscopy done. Get it done, the prep isn't bad, get the pills if you can, otherwise make sure you get a Zofran along with the prep. If found early, it's easy to treat. Get It Done.
- deepsun 5mo ago> “Hey! CRC is going up! You should get screened!” Try asking a doctor for asymptomatic screening (for anything), they usually say "There's a schedule for such screenings at age X, you're too young for that. There's also proven negative effects of excessive screenings." Which kinda makes sense, as they supposed to have protocols/schedules for all kinds of healthcare. We're talking here about changing that protocols/schedules. But doctors (and insurances) are generally reluctant. So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?"
- samlinnfer 5mo agoJust say you saw blood in your stool. You can also google some of the symptoms and say you have some of the more ambiguous ones.
- JoblessWonder 5mo agoYeah, blood in the stool should get it ordered.
- cubefox 5mo ago> So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?" I guess we have to pay for it ourselves. It's not exactly cheap, but perhaps worth it.
- glonq 5mo agoThis. In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. Now I wait here on death row with stage 4 colorectal cancer.
- bonsai_spool 5mo ago> In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. What did you want your doctor to say, instead?
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- Hasz 5mo agoI have UC and will get colonoscopies to confirm it is well-controlled for the foreseeable future. It also increases risk of colorectal cancer, something I am actively thinking about. Rates of UC, IBD, and similar digestive issues are up across the board, also for a mixed and seemingly inscrutable set of reasons. IMO, the fundamental issue for preventative screening is there is basically no amount of money I would not part with (of my money, the insurer's money, or private debt) to not die. I expect this is true for most people, and it makes preventative screening a tricky topic. In recommending screening for those >x age, you will miss some detectable, preventable and treatable cancer risk for those <x age, purely for cost. No one wants to be explicit about that though! I think the only way out of that uncomfortable conversation is making screening so cheap via automation that you can basically run it for very low incremental cost as often as individual risk tolerance permits. This would be paid for on the back of earlier interventions vs late-stage, expensive interventions.
- voxl 5mo agoA colonoscopy is more than screening, if they see a polyp they remove it. Left alone that polyp will very likely eventually become cancer. Routine colonoscopies for someone with IBD is multi purpose, you screen for active disease, fistula, strictures, cancer, while simulatenously treating active disease (polyp removal) Similar things happen in any general surgery, for example you can get your tubes removed and send up with all your endometriosis that you weren't able to diagnosis removed as well
- mhb 5mo ago> Left alone that polyp will very likely eventually become cancer I don't think so. You have a reference?
- voxl 5mo agohttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9924026/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9924026/ Though I regurgitate this information based off conversations with gastroenterologists not one off studies.
- polotics 5mo agoFree tip: take not too little, not too much... of (1) Vitamin-D (drops) (2) Magnesium (as Magnesium aspartate hydrochloride trihydrate) (3) Psyllium shells (you won't take too much) (4) Move your body!
- antinomicus 5mo agoI’ve been getting scared of psyllium due to lead risk. Any thoughts?
- jgsteven 5mo ago"None of the experts seem to agree on which of these is the culprit, so I figured that I (person with blog) should help." In case you aren't aware of dynomight yet, there is a great backlog of posts to read.
- creaghpatr 5mo agoHis other blog about colonoscopies is even better (linked in the post). Id read them again on other topics.
- rock_artist 5mo agoTLDR from the post itself. No: Colorectal cancer is going up in young people. Yes: Various kinds of cancer are going up in later generations. (Definitely at younger ages, possibly at all ages.) Reminder This blog endorses colorectal cancer screening. We don’t yet know if colonoscopies are better than other methods of screening (sigmoidoscopy, stool tests), but we do know that screening is better than not screening. When caught early, CRC is highly treatable, often with only surgery (no chemotherapy or radiation) and a return to normal activities within a couple weeks.
- markdown 5mo agoI defer to Betteridge so that saves me from wasting time reading the article. Can someone who's read it confirm?
- hdb2 5mo agoI've often wondered if colorectal cancer is really on the rise in young people, or are we testing more younger people, which makes it seem like it's on the rise? Hopefully my question makes sense...
- einaralex 5mo agoBad diet is on the rise.
- Findecanor 5mo agoSome people have turned vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free for health reasons, but substituted foods for other foods with additives that may come with their own health risks. Methyl cellulose is in gluten-free bread and in most fake meat products. Some emulsifiers are found in mayo, other sauces and "ice cream". Not just vegan brands, but overall.
- aziaziazi 5mo agoEthic is the leading reason for the vegan lifestyle [0]. It's also well known [1] that a plant-based diet is effective with colorectal cancer (+9%): > The random-effects model demonstrated a significant inverse association between plant-based dietary patterns and CRC risk (hazard ratio [HR], 0.91 [95% CI, 0.85–0.97]) But as you guessed it varies between healthy and un-heatly diets: > This protective association was strengthened when the definition of plant based patterns specifically emphasized the inclusion of healthy plant foods However those un-healty foods are not restricted to plant-based meal (evidence: any supermarket shelf or snack restaurant), and lentils, tofu or seeds are as much -or more- likely to be found in a long term vegan dish than an impossible burger. As you noted it's "Not just vegan brands, but overall". For the mayo I recommend tahini instead (way more tasty) or just olive oil but if you really need it: - ~2/3 sunflower oil - ~1/3 soy milk (with no additive ;-) ) - a bit of citrus juice - a pinch of salt -> Blend high speed to emulsify -> For a thicker texture you may use some silken tofu 0 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264382/top-motivations-for-veganuary/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264382/top-motivations-... 1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1091255X25002914 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1091255X2...
- BrannonKing 5mo agoIt's the "sodium benzoate + ascorbic acid = benzene" problem. Watermelon + Dr. Pepper = cancer.
- xupybd 5mo agoI had bleeding for a over a year and every time there was a good explanation. After all the news about cancer I pushed for a colonoscopy at 41. 36 polyps were found. Some of elevated risk. So now I get yearly screening. But by the sounds of the type of polyps I had, if I had waited until the screening age I would have had high chances of cancer.
- Lerc 5mo agoHow does one determine an increase in somthing earlier in life from having better early detection mechanisms? Presubably if you detect eveything earlier, every one of the detected cases would be younger if all else were equal.
- sakopov 5mo agoThis hit home. My dad was diagnosed with colon cancer last week and had a large portion of his colon removed last Thursday. Polyps, which often become cancerous given time, can take a few years to get there. So you don't have to get screened every year but should definitely get the ball rolling. They'll usually be able to take them out during the procedure.
- Gluber 5mo agoThe guidlines are where i live (Austria) First Colo at 45, if nothing found -> Every 5 years. Once a poly is found and removed get one every 2-3 years.
- ViktorRay 5mo agoThis is an excellent article. The author does a great job taking all this data to reach the conclusion. What I’m wondering about is…why? As in…why is cancer rising among the later generations? Smoking has substantially fallen and this has led to a sharp decrease in lung cancer rates. So why are cancer rates overall increasing for those born in the later generations?
- rawgabbit 5mo agoAm I the only one who is confused by the author’s conclusion? He’s saying it is/is not true? TLDR No: Colorectal cancer is going up in young people. Yes: Various kinds of cancer are going up in later generations. (Definitely at younger ages, possibly at all ages.)
- emtel 5mo agoA lot of posts urging people to get colonoscopies. But general anesthesia also carries risks. How should one weigh the risk vs benefit?
- misswaterfairy 5mo agoA few now opt for twilight sedation - you'll not remember a thing though you're not fully knocked out, which I understand helps mitigate the risks. I've had multiple surgeries under general anaesthesia. Twilight sedation was pretty much the same experience (at least for me): eyes slowly get heavy, then all of a sudden 'it's too damn bright in here, someone turn the damn lights off!.... Oh, that was quick...'
- guluarte 5mo agoyou can have a colonoscopy without general anesthesia
- bamboozled 5mo agoIn Japan it's normal to have it without general.
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- segmondy 5mo agoI think it is, I think it is also linked to diet. Learn to cook, avoid processed food, eat out less.
- bamboozled 5mo agoReally you have no idea...
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- protocolture 5mo ago"maybe"
- darthvaden 5mo agoPROTEIN POWDER AND BIOHACKING