That Trocitus in the intestine. Called appendix. That seems insignificant…Well, cancer can be developeda disease that in recent decades has started to diagnose more frequently among people under 40 years.
It turns out that many experts They are being baffled by what is happening since there are more and more young people. The Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the Anglia Ruskin University (United Kingdom), Justin Stebbing, He explained in an article published in The Conversation that the number of appendix cancer cases has increased dramatically among people born after the 1970s.
“The incidence has tripled or even quadrupled in younger generations compared to those born in the 1940s, “maintains in the report.
It is a kind of rare cancer whose rapid increase “is surprising”, says Stebbing. “Approximately one in three cases is now presented in adults under 50 yearsa much greater proportion than that observed in other types of gastrointestinal cancer, “he adds.
And you always go to the same. “Diet have turned towards greater consumption of processed foods, sugary drinks and red or processed meats, all related to a higher risk of cancer in other parts of the intestine”.
The expert goes a little further when comparing it with colon. “Unlike colon cancerwhich can sometimes be detected early by screening colonoscopies, Appendix cancer usually goes unnoticed “.
