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Doctors Warn of Mysterious Cancer Epidemic Affecting Fit, Younger People

27-3-2024 < SGT Report 15 362 words
 

by Paul Joseph Watson, Summit News:



Top doctors are warning of an “epidemic” of cancers normally seen in older people that are now affecting younger, fit, healthy people and are unsure of the cause.


After the Princess of Wales announced on Friday that she was being treated for cancer, specialist clinicians said they were seeing much larger numbers of “fit and outwardly healthy” under 45’s presenting with cancers than ever before.


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“One study that looked at data from Northern Ireland between 1993 and 2019 found the rate of early-onset cancers increased by 20.5 per cent, the equivalent of about 7,000 extra cases a year across the UK,” reports the Telegraph.


Health experts are baffled as to what is causing the new trend, which is primarily centered on the abdominal area.


“When I started as a cancer surgeon 20 years ago, you rarely saw any younger patients, but now I see them regularly,” said Prof Andrew Beggs, a consultant colorectal surgeon and a senior clinical fellow at the University of Birmingham.




“When they turn up they are shocked, because often they haven’t had any symptoms and because of their age they are not thinking about cancer,” he added.


His sentiments were echoed by Dr Shivan Sivakumar, associate professor in oncology at the University of Birmingham.


“There is an epidemic currently of young people getting cancer (under 50s),” he said, adding, “It is unknown the cause of this, but we are seeing more patients getting abdominal cancers.”


What could the cause possibly be?


Scientists suggest it could be genetic or caused by “possible changes to the microbiome” and gut bacteria, but they remain unsure.


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