OK this is the last #ColorectalCancer post I’ll share today, I promise!
Every year since my cancer surgery, I’ve participated in the “Get Your Rear In Gear” (GYRIG) 5K, which raises money for cancer awareness and to help fund treatments for people who can’t afford it.
It’s a great way to give back.
Edit: forgot the website link!
https://coloncancercoalition.org/get-involved/participate/get-your-rear-in-gear/
Welp! It's the last day of March, meaning it's the final day of #ColorectalCancer Awareness Month.
Here are 2 final good resources I recommend everybody read. And remember -- if you are aged 45, PLEASE get a colonoscopy (a screening test for colon cancer). If you have health insurance, the law requires that it be covered!
1️⃣ - Things to Know About Getting a Colonoscopy (PDF) - https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/cancer-control/en/booklets-flyers/7-things-to-know-about-getting-a-colonoscopy.pdf
2️⃣ - "What to Know If Polyps Were Found During Your Colonoscopy" (web article) - https://www.cancer.org/cancer/latest-news/what-to-know-if-polyps-were-found-during-your-colonoscopy.html
#colorectalcancerawarenessmonth #colonoscopy #coloncancer #cancer
If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Cancer used to be seen as part of ageing: something that mainly afflicted people over the age of 60 or 70. But although it is still true that the majority of new cancer diagnoses affect the over-70s, the pattern is changing in subtle ways. Some cancers are increasingly found in younger people. Take colorectal (bowel) cancer: while rates have declined in those over 60, data shows a sharp increase in many developed countries among people under 50, in what’s called early-onset disease. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Continue reading...
If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Cancer used to be seen as part of ageing: something that mainly afflicted people over the age of 60 or 70. But although it is still true that the majority of new cancer diagnoses affect the over-70s, the pattern is changing in subtle ways. Some cancers are increasingly found in younger people. Take colorectal (bowel) cancer: while rates have declined in those over 60, data shows a sharp increase in many developed countries among people under 50, in what’s called early-onset disease. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Continue reading...
If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Cancer used to be seen as part of ageing: something that mainly afflicted people over the age of 60 or 70. But although it is still true that the majority of new cancer diagnoses affect the over-70s, the pattern is changing in subtle ways. Some cancers are increasingly found in younger people. Take colorectal (bowel) cancer: while rates have declined in those over 60, data shows a sharp increase in many developed countries among people under 50, in what’s called early-onset disease. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Continue reading...
🔬 Burden of colon and rectum cancer attributable to processed meat consumption in China, 1990–2021
As consumption of processed meats like sausages and bacon increased in China, rates of colon and rectum cancer deaths rose, particularly among men and people born after the 1960s.
Mortality went from 0.23 to 0.32 per 100,000 people; disability-adjusted life years increased from 5.83 to 8.57 per 100,000.
Meta-analysis
Poll: Almost Half of US Adults Unaware of Connection Between Processed Meat Consumption and Colorectal Cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just before National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month begins in March, a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult poll found that nearly half of Americans aren’t aware that eating processed meat increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer.
Childhood toxin exposure ‘may be factor in bowel cancer rise in under-50s’ | The Guardian
23 April 2025
~
Abstract PR010: Early-life penicillin blooms colibactin-positive Escherichia coli and drives DNA damage and tumorigenesis | Clinical Cancer Research
2025
Scott Wilson
CBC Nova Scotia
purescience_news
geekmonkey
FitBodyScience
Not Rappaport
Rhyothemis