Young People's Cecal Cancer Incidence Surges...Late 30s, 4.62 times more than older generations
Jun 11, 2025
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the United States published their findings on the incidence of appendicitis cancer by age in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine in the United States.
The research team analyzed a total of 4858 people over the age of 20 who were diagnosed with primary appendix cancer from 1975 to 2019.
As a result, the incidence of Gen X (born in 1965-1980) and Millennials (born in 1981-1996) has increased.
Specifically, compared to patients born in 1941-1949, the incidence of appendix cancer in patients born in 1980-1984 was 3.41 times higher, and patients born in 1985-1989 was 4.62 times higher.
In addition, the incidence of appendix cancer in young adults aged 20 to 39 increased by an average of 2% per year.
In the 30 to 39-year-old group, it was found to have increased by 5% per year.
In response, the researchers analyzed that changes in eating habits, obesity, drinking and smoking are likely to be the main causes of the increase in the incidence of appendix cancer in young people.
In fact, in the United States, appendicitis cancer is a rare cancer among digestive tract cancers, with one to two new cases out of one million people per year.
However, experts warn that as the number of young people increases rapidly, attention is needed for early detection.
Meanwhile, appendicitis is a cancer that occurs in the appendix. The appendix is a finger-sized protrusion attached to the cecum, the part where the small and large intestine connect. appendicular cancer is characterized by slow growth and less metastasis.
Symptoms of appendicitis may be similar to those of appendicitis or asymptomatic. In the early stages, symptoms such as pain around the navel or upper solar plexus, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite appear. These symptoms continue and then move to the lower right abdomen. Pain, fever and chills, strong tenderness occurs when the right lower abdomen (회) is pressed by hand, and reflex pain occurs when the hand is removed.
The aftereffects of appendix cancer when left unattended are much more serious than surgical complications.
appendicitis cancer is first treated through surgery, and if intraperitoneal metastasis occurs in some carcinomas, it is treated with chemotherapy along with surgery.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
