Cancer rates are rising in people younger than 50. Why is this happening, and what are we going to do about it?
Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced in a video released March 22 that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy after cancer was found to have been present, following her abdominal surgery in January.Dr. Sharlene Gill is a professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, a medical oncologist practising in Vancouver and the President of the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists.
Speculation remains about the type and stage of her cancer, but what is clear is that it took tremendous courage to publicly disclose the private and difficult reality of a cancer diagnosis. I commend Princess Catherine for sharing her personal story and using her platform to remind us that cancer affects us all – that it does not discriminate by race, gender, religion, social status or, notably, age.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and this cancer well illustrates the changing epidemiology of early-onset cancers. The cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women. While rates are declining in people older than 50, Canadians born after 1980 are nowThe reasons for this age shift are uncertain, though theories abound, including heavily processed diets, lack of exercise, early obesity, our gut microbiome and our environment.
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