Researchers analyzed CDC data for 28,790 women from 1999 to 2016. The data was from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program.
While early-stage diagnosis increased survival odds, physicians often arrived at the diagnosis too late because guidelines do not recommend individuals under 45 get a colonoscopy. About 1 in 16 counties in the U.S. was diagnosed as an early-onset CRC hot spot. Early-onset CRC was tied to a lack of physical activity or having a baby. About 25 percent of adults living in hot-spot counties didn’t engage in physical activity during their leisure time, and 5 percent of women in hot spots had a live birth within the last year.
The study supports findings from a past study that revealed hot spots of early-onset CRC for both men and women. While that study found that 92 percent of early-onset hot spots were in the Southern U.S., this study found that women in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. were at risk.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center promoted the study Nov. 23.
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