Is Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?
https://youtu.be/m8Y0BQP1Pog
Katie Couric interviews Dr. Timothy Cannon, gastroenterologist and oncologist who conducted a study on elite endurance athletes and colorectal cancer. Dr Cannon presented his findings at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology [ASCO] Annual Meeting in Chicago (link below). He discusses a possible link between runner's colitis and colorectal cancer.
Excerpts -
5:05
Cannon: it's going to take a huge effort to figure this out, but it is definitely real. I see them in our office every week, you know, patients under under 45, you under 40, often under 30 with colorectal cancer. I don't really remember seeing it that often, you know, 15 years ago.
34:23
Cannon: I think um uh the most common ones are bleeding in your stool. You know, that's a red flag that and again that back to the marathoners. So many of them were told it was normal if
you run. I would not accept that answer
Couric: Or they have hemorrhoids, right? People blow doctors blow people off and say, "Oh, don't worry."
Cannon: Right. Exactly. Yeah. That happens all the time. So - but bleeding in the stool is a sign.
34:55
Cannon: Abdominal pain is also a common symptom, but it's not there all the time. None of these are, in fact. So I think even having one of those things is enough of a reason to try to get checked out.
Link to study abstract:
https://meetings.asco.org/2025-asco-annual-meeting/16357?presentation=244806%23244806
Link to press release on the study:
https://www.inovanewsroom.org/press-release/2025/08/groundbreaking-inova-study-finds-potential-link-between-long-distance-running-and-colon-cancer/
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Well, seems that this #GrumpyOldMan will be hanging around for a little while yet. Well, at least it won't be #BowelCancer doing me in.
I've also had a recent blood test at my doctor's surgery and will go back fro the results of that next week. The only concern is that I know I'm #preDiabetic and so I'll find out if that has got better or worse.
I've always managed to avoid needing to see medical professionals but looks like getting old has put paid to that. Ho hum.
At least we still have an NHS that works in this respect. Thankfully it is a very resilient NHS as just about every government we've had recently has tried to bring it to its knees. Bastards.
Doing my bit to keep grumpy old men on this planet for just that little bit longer...
Edit: typo fixed
She was a fit and strong wāhine Māori hailing from Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahungunu, she's won two world cups in the Black Jersey and is still dedicated to the game, but her diagnosis has left her stricken with sadness.
The healing power of exercise should never be underestimated, but be very cautious about what recent headlines seem to suggest, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh