Bowel cancer rates rising 'among young adults'
BBC
More young people under 50 are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, two studies of the disease in European and high-income countries have found.
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In a study in the journal Gut, Dutch researchers analysed trends in 20 European countries, including the UK, Germany, Sweden and France, using data from more than 143 million people.
They found a rise in cases of bowel cancer between 1990 and 2016 in most countries - with the most significant increase among people in their 20s.
For them, bowel cancer incidence increased from 0.8 to 2.3 cases per 100,000 people over 26 years - with the sharpest rise in rates, of 7.9% per year, occurring between 2004 and 2016.
If the trend continues, age screening guidelines may need to be reconsidered, researchers say.
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