Gen x, millennials face higher risk of 17 cancers than older generations

[Wicked Blue]

NBC

Younger generations have a heightened risk of some cancers, new research found.

A study published Wednesday in Lancet Public Health found that Gen X and millennials are more likely to be diagnosed with 17 types of cancer, including nine that had been declining in older adults. Researchers aren’t sure why, but say obesity is likely a leading cause.

“What is happening in these generations can be considered a bellwether for future cancer trends,” said Hyuna Sung, a cancer epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, who led the research.

Rates of colorectal cancer — one of the 17 types — have been rising among younger people for decades, a troubling trend that sparked investigation into other types of cancer.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/cancer-gen-x-millennials-17-types-reverse-trend-rcna164376

[WarGamer]

1. CR cancer... look at diet.

Taco Bell and gummy worms probably aren't best.

[Jk23]

5. It is the promotion of unhealthy lifestyles among the young.

Too often we glamorize obesity, which is the driver of these cancer rates. Promoting obesity on a magazine cover for young people is no different than promoting cigarettes from a health outcome point of view.

[duncang]

2. I'd add increased pollution

With things like forever chemicals that just increase over the years they could be a big factor.

[Wicked Blue]

4. All those PFAs

and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Microplastics. Lawn chemicals.

[NickB79]

3. Fat in large enough amounts becomes an endocrine system of it's own

Lots of hormonal disruption occurs when your BMI goes over 30.

And that disruption can lead to all sorts of complications, including cancers.

And a diet high in heavily processed, low fiber food that causes obesity is also a cause of colorectal cancer. You need fiber to keep everything moving along and eliminating waste.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Anecdotal but my gastro doctor told me

he had never seen a case of colon cancer when the person has a long history of eating cruciferous veggies daily. He may be exaggerating, of course, but it motivated me to eat my broccoli.

[NutmegYankee]

6. It ain't obesity.

I've seen several young people get colorectal cancer, and not one was obese. In fact, some were health fanatics.

[True Dough]

7. What a tangled web we weave...

[xmas74]

8. I had ovarian

Ovarian often goes unnoticed until it's too late and mimics other things.