More younger people are receiving cancer diagnoses, study finds — especially this type
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Diagnoses of early-onset cancers — which include those affecting people 50 and younger — spiked between 2010 and 2019, a study found. A cancer expert offers insights.
Gastrointestinal cancer originates anywhere along the digestive tract, including the esophagus, small intestine, stomach, pancreas, colon, bile duct, gall bladder, liver, anus and rectum. "Future studies will be very telling with respect to the impact that COVID-19 has had upon these preventable risk factors in younger populations." "The most important thing to do is to act, to move your body." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
Despite gastrointestinal cancer’s sharp increase, breast cancer still had the highest total number of cases among those 50 and under in 2019.