Can't eat it, the incidence of intestinal cancer in Korean young people is the first in the world

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The Korean Society of Korea's Korean Intestinal Anal Society said on the 4th that the incidence of bowel cancer in the 20-49-year-old population in South Korea is the world's first.

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According to the Korean "Korean Daily" reported on the 5th, the research results released by the Research Team of the University of Colorado University of the University of Colorado in the United States showed that the incidence of bowel cancer in the 20-49-year-old population in South Korea was 12.9 People are ranked first in 42 surveyed junior high schools. In addition, the average annual growth rate of young intestinal cancer in South Korea's 20-49-year-old intestinal cancer is as high as 4.2%, ranking first. The causes of surge in young patients include westernized dietary habits in the short term, intensification of obesity, chronic inflammation and other conditions in young people, and insufficient vigilance leading to primary diagnosis delay. Li Youzheng, Dean of the Cancer Hospital of Samsung Seoul Hospital, said: "Compared with other Asian countries such as Japan, young Korean people have too much intake of processing meat and red meat, especially the excessive or burnt food. Less people are also one of the risk factors. "In addition, compared to the elderly, young Korean people rarely go to the hospital even if they have symptoms of bowel pain such as abdominal pain. (Zhang Jing)

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