Gut Toxin to Blame for Early-Onset CRCs? CDC's Hepatitis Lab Axed; IBS Interventions

Colon Cancer Is on the Rise in Young People—Is a Bacterial Toxin to Blame?

Fact checked by Nick BlackmerBSIP / Contributor / Getty ImagesA new study found that childhood exposure to the bacterial toxin colibactin may be contributing to a rise in early-onset colorectal cancer cases.Colibactin is produced by bacteria commonly found in the digestive system.Future studies will explore why more children may be exposed to colibactin now than they were previously. No one expects a young adult to get cancer. But in recent year…

Gut Toxin to Blame for Early-Onset CRCs? CDC's Hepatitis Lab Axed; IBS Interventions

(MedPage Today) -- The rise of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) may be associated with mutational signatures left from childhood exposure to colibactin-producing bacteria. (Nature) Results of a survey suggested that stigma and discrimination...

Colorectal Cancers In Young Adults: Childhood Exposure To Common Gut Bacteria To Blame?

Researchers now believe they may have uncovered a hidden culprit behind the rising cases of colorectal cancer among young adults.

Childhood Exposure To Common Gut Bacteria To Blame? - Health Journal Online

Colorectal cancer rates are climbing globally, with a particularly alarming rise among young adults under 50. Researchers now believe they may have uncovered a hidden culprit behind the medical mystery. A recent study suggests that early exposure to a toxin produced by harmful strains of E. coli could be a possible driver behind the surge. In the latest study published in the journal Nature, researchers found that childhood exposure to colibacti…

As a result of an international project in which the University of California in San Diego, the Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) and the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) of the World Health Organization have collaborated, researchers have been able to reveal that childhood exposure to bacterial infection may be triggering this epidemic of colorectal cancer among young people.