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- Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications
- VitaminDWiki candidate reasons include Decreased Vitamin D & Decreased VDR
- VitaminDWiki - Cancer category includes Breast, Colon, Liver, Pancreatic, Prostate, and Thyroid
- Vitamin D Receptor pages in VitaminDWiki with CANCER in title (79 as of Oct 2022)
- VitaminDWiki Cancer- Other category with HEAD in title (4 as of Oct 2022)
- VitaminDWiki Cancer- Other category with GASTRIC in title (4 as of Oct 2022)
Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology volume 19, pages 656–673 (2022)
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Over the past several decades, the incidence of early-onset cancers, often defined as cancers diagnosed in adults <50 years of age, in the
breast, colorectum, Endometrium, oesophagus, extrahepatic bile duct, gallbladder, head and neck, kidney, liver, bone marrow, pancreas, prostate, stomach and thyroid
has increased in multiple countries. Increased use of screening programmes has contributed to this phenomenon to a certain extent, although a genuine increase in the incidence of early-onset forms of several cancer types also seems to have emerged. Evidence suggests an aetiological role of risk factor exposures in early life and young adulthood. Since the mid-20th century, substantial multigenerational changes in the exposome have occurred (including changes in diet, lifestyle, obesity, environment and the microbiome, all of which might interact with genomic and/or genetic susceptibilities). However, the effects of individual exposures remain largely unknown. To study early-life exposures and their implications for multiple cancer types will require prospective cohort studies with dedicated biobanking and data collection technologies. Raising awareness among both the public and health-care professionals will also be critical. In this Review, we describe changes in the incidence of early-onset cancers globally and suggest measures that are likely to reduce the burden of cancers and other chronic non-communicable diseases.
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Note: Doubling in 20 years (4% per year) for those aged 20-50
Key points
- The incidence of cancers of various organs diagnosed in adults ≤50 years of age has been rising in many parts of the world since the 1990s.
- Evidence suggests an aetiological role for risk factor exposures in early life and young adulthood, although specific effects of individual exposures remain largely unknown.
- The early life exposome (including, among other factors, diet, lifestyle, obesity, environmental exposures and the microbiome) has changed substantially, with variable trends observed around the world since the mid-20th century.
- The early-onset cancer epidemic might be one manifestation of increasing trends in the development of many chronic diseases in young and future generations.
- Prospective cohort studies using electronic health records and/or early-life biospecimen collection would enable the detailed investigation of early-life factors in relation to many future health outcomes, including cancer.
- Raising awareness of the early-onset cancer epidemic and improving the early-life environment should be our immediate goals: these are likely to reduce the burden of both early-onset and later-onset cancers.
VitaminDWiki candidate reasons include Decreased Vitamin D & Decreased VDR
- 23 Cancers if little sun, 12 of which have been associated with low vitamin D – March 2022
- Vitamin D levels have been crashing since 1995 (Polish Children, Elite Military, etc)
- Incidence of 22 health problems related to vitamin D have doubled in a decade
VitaminDWiki - Cancer category includes Breast, Colon, Liver, Pancreatic, Prostate, and Thyroid
- Cancer
295 items Overview Cancer and vitamin D - Cancer and Vitamin D - many studies
- After Cancer Diagnosis
113 items - Bladder Cancer
28 items - Breast Cancer
259 items Overview Breast Cancer and Vitamin D - Colon Cancer
145 items Overview Cancer-Colon and vitamin D - Leukemia
19 items - Liver Cancer
17 items - Lung Cancer
55 items Overview Lung cancer and vitamin D - Lymphoma Cancer
26 items - Other Cancer
66 items - Ovarian Cancer
26 items - Pancreatic Cancer
58 items - Prostate Cancer
103 items Overview Prostate Cancer and Vitamin D - Skin Cancer
121 items Overview Suntan, melanoma and vitamin D - Childhood Cancers - Vitamin D can help - many studies
- Easiest way to treat cancer – take Vitamin D – Nov 2022
- 13 Cancers are helped by Vitamin D – Biobank July 2023
- 2X increase of 14 cancers in non-seniors in 20 years (low vitamin D) – Sept 2022
- Vitamin D prevents and treats cancer in many ways – May 2021
- Those with recent cancer diagnosis had 7X increased risk of COVID-19 (more if A-A )- Dec 2020
- Deaths from many types of Cancer associated with low vitamin D- review of meta-analyses Sept 2020
- Cancer incidence and mortality is decreased if 40-60 ng of Vitamin D – April 2019
- 8 ways that Cancer might be prevented by Vitamin D - June 2019
- Cancer stem cells and Vitamin D - many studies
- Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk - Why Scientists Accept It but Physicians Do Not - Feb 2019
- Overview of Vitamin D Actions in Cancer – 31 page chapter in a book – 2018
- Vitamin D prevents breast cancer, reduces BC mortality, and reduces BC chemotherapy problems – Sept 2018
- Diagnosed with breast cancer – take vitamin D to cut chance of death by half – July 2018
- Melanoma 25 X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2018
- Better Cancer survival if higher vitamin D a decade earlier (esp. Melanoma, Kidney, Prostate)– Aug 2018
Cancers get less Vitamin D when there is a poor Vitamin D Receptor- Vitamin D Receptor pages in VitaminDWiki with CANCER in title 86 as of July 2023
- Cancer and the Vitamin D Receptor, a primer – Sept 2017
- Vitamin D Receptor (Cancers OR Viruses) - many studies
- Risk of Cancer increased if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 73 studies Jan 2016
- Cancer (general) and VDR
23 articles - Breast Cancer and VDR
24 articles - Colon Cancer and VDR
13 articles - Prostate Cancer and VDR
7 articles - Skin Cancer and VDR
10 articles - Note some Health problems, such as some Cancers, protect themselves
by actively reducing Receptor activation
Vitamin D Receptor pages in VitaminDWiki with CANCER in title (79 as of Oct 2022)
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