According to recent research, millennials and Generation X members are becoming more susceptible to a rare kind of cancer.
Diagnoses of appendix cancer in the United States have tripled for persons born between 1976 and 1984, and quadrupled for those born between 1981 and 1989.
The study was published on Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers arrived at these conclusions after analyzing data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.
According to recent research, millennials and Generation X are growing increasingly vulnerable to a rare type of cancer.
Diagnoses of appendix cancer in the United States have tripled for people born between 1976 and 1984, and quadrupled for those born between 1981 and 1989.
The study was published on Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center came at these results after reviewing data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.
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Appendix cancer is uncommon, affecting about one or two persons per million in the United States each year, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Nonetheless, experts stress the need of obtaining medical assistance if symptoms arise.
“Ruling out the possibility of an appendix cancer diagnosis, or diagnosing it early, is important for this cancer as we continue to learn what factors may be contributing to this worrisome trend,” said Holowatyj.
According to the NCI, there are two forms of appendiceal cancer: epithelial appendiceal cancer, which affects the cells that line the appendix, and neuroendocrine appendiceal cancer, which is caused by the formation of neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors of the appendix.
