Colon cancerrates continue to rise in younger age groups, prompting questions about signs to look for and how to reduce risk.A report from theAmerican Cancer Societyin 2023 shows colorectal cancer increasingly being seen in younger individuals, and cases are being detected at more advanced stages,...
(people younger than 50 were just as likely as older adults to have some kind of weight loss.) but del valle, who was ultimately diagnosed with stage iv cancer (it had spread to her liver), makes another point: she actually gained weight while bleeding heavily and assumed that was a ...
"Younger patients may experience ongoing signs and symptoms and delay seeking medical attention," they wrote. "Potential reasons for these delays include a patient believing they are too young to worry about cancer or a lack of access to primary care or health insurance." Even when a doctorisc...
ActressKirstie Alley was diagnosed with colon cancerbefore she died, a lethal cancer that can send loud warning signs to let you know something is wrong. You may think of colorectal cancer as an older person’s disease, butmore adults in their 20s and 30s are being diagnosed, a study publi...
Renee Lewis, 53, a registered nurse, was 44 when she told her doctor: “I have the symptoms of colon cancer.” The response: “Yeah, but you’re young.” She was told that she probably had irritable bowel syndrome and should take probiotics, over-the-counter products that can ...
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Stage I colon cancer symptoms If you have stage I colon cancer, the cancer has spread through the lining (or mucosa) of your colon or rectum and may have grown into the muscle layer. At this stage, the cancer hasn't reached your lymph nodes or other parts of the body. ...
Being overweight or obese and the use of tobacco are also risk factors for colon cancer. But Dr. Cedar says he's diagnosed colon cancer in several young adults who are healthy and don't have any of the usual risk factors. There may be unique risk factors for colon cancer in younger adu...
Surgery may also be done to relieve symptoms in advanced cancer such as when the cancer has caused a bowel obstruction. The usual procedure is bypass for obstructions that cannot be cured. Rarely a colon cancer presents with such severe blockage (obstruction) or is so massive that a resection...
大腸癌: 成因, 病徴和治療 – 卓長仁醫生 結腸直腸癌(大腸癌)為香港癌症的第二號殺手,雖然大部份患者年齡都在五十歲以上,但近年大腸癌的發生率和死 亡率都有上升的趨勢,每年新患者數目均超過四千宗。有數據顯示,大約兩成的大腸癌在發現時已屬末期,雖然有六成患者於發現