Incidence of bowel cancer is up to three times higher among Australians born in the 1990s compared with the 1950s cohort
Australia’s rates of bowel cancer in people under 50 are the highest in the world, though the reason why remains unclear, experts say.
As incidences of what’s known as early-onset bowel cancer are increasing worldwide, a study of 50 countries – published recently in Lancet Oncology – revealed Australia was ranked worst.
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