The incidence rate of bowel cancer is gradually increasing, and the chances of young people getting bowel cancer are relatively high, which is mostly related to hereditary factors and diet.
Bowel cancer is a malignant tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, with the highest incidence in people aged 40-65 years old. However, due to the change of people’s life style nowadays, the number of young people getting bowel cancer is also gradually rising, and the high-risk factors of bowel cancer can be adenomatous polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, lack of dietary fiber diet, excessive intake of fat and protein, obesity, smoking, etc. Family members with gene mutation carriers can also become high risk for bowel cancer, mostly related to hereditary factors and dietary reasons.
Family members who are carriers of gene mutations can also be at high risk of bowel cancer, for example, familial intestinal polyposis, which is now recognized as a precancerous lesion, is closely related to the occurrence of colon cancer, regardless of the age of colon cancer. People who experience blood in the stool, changes in bowel habits and character, etc., should go to the hospital for timely consultation.