Comment on Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s. Scientists wonder if the gut microbiome is to blame

• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I don’t think your interpretation is correct. I think that comparison was of data for the two cohorts when they were the same age.

  The study, yet to be peer-reviewed, found 28,265 cases of early-onset bowel cancer over the 30 years studied. An estimated 4,347 additional cases were attributable to the rising rates of the disease.

  Early-onset cases, however, are increasing by up to 8% per year, the study found.

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