New Study: The Shocking Biggest Risk Factor for Colon Cancer in Under 35s
Colon cancer cases are soaring in young people, alarming experts and leaving doctors scrambling for answers as to why.
Now, a study published by a team of international researchers in the journal Neoplasia, offers new clues.
The study analyzed “very early-onset colorectal cancers” —defined as a diagnosis before the age of 35 — and found three main risk factors.
A diet deficient in calcium was considered the highest risk factor, linked to approximately one in five deaths from colon cancer in the very young.
Alcohol consumption was determined as the second largest risk factor, while obesity was determined to be the third.