Kate Middleton: World cancer epidemic alert under 50 – The Unknown Factor

An epidemic alert that strikes young people under the age of 50 has meant to scientists after her diagnosis of shock. According to her report, scientists are trying to find the cause of a mysterious “epidemic” cancer, which hits them under the age of 50, after Kate Middleton’s shocking announcement. The news that the princess of Wales has cancer brought to the fore the alarming trend seen with leading doctors claiming that this is a global problem. Despite multiannual research, researchers cannot answer precisely what lies behind the problem. In the wake of the Princess of Wales’ announcement, a surgeon claimed that a factor that has not yet been discovered may be responsible. Professor Andrew Beggs, special colon surgeon and senior clinical associate at the University of Birmingham, said that: “There may be an unknown environmental factor we have not discovered, despite extensive research”. And he added: “The cancer in young age is not rare at all. I maintain a clinic for early cancer in adults and we see more and more people in their 40s affected by cancer.” He added that other factors that could also contribute to increasing this trend are the best methods of cancer detection, awareness of symptoms, and better control of genetic conditions that increase the risk of cancer. Significant increase in cancer in young people According to the same report, data in the UK show that while cancer rates have increased across all age groups, cases have increased much faster in young people. According to the British Cancer Research Center, the incidence rate among younger British (between 25 and 49 years old) is now 162,4 cases per 100,000 people each year. This is 22% higher than the proportion of the 1990s. By comparison, the rates for over 75 years of age, representing about half the cancer cases in the United Kingdom, increased by only 9% in the same period. Cases between under 50 years are still statistically speaking, rarely, and account for only one in 10 cases of the disease in Britain. However, the rate of growth and the fact that scientists have so far failed to identify the cause, worries experts. Oncologist Dr. Shivan Sivakumar, from the University of Birmingham, described the situation as a “epidemic”. As he said: “There is an epidemic of young people (under 50) affected by cancer. The cause of this is unknown, but we see more patients showing abdominal cancer.” Professor Karol Sikora, a world-renowned oncologist with over 40 years of experience, told MailOnline earlier this year that experts had no idea what causes a “terrorist” increase in pancreatic cancer cases, especially among young women. Speaking today, he added that experts cannot explain why behind the increase in cancer among young people. He also said that the increase has been observed for years and that “It has nothing to do with Covid or with vaccines – it began to happen long before.”I believe that it is probably due to lifestyle changes – obesity, fatty diet, sedentary life, all day long in the office and of course better diagnostic tests”. It also seems that there is a difference between sexes in cancer rates among young people. The data from the British Cancer Research Center show that women in the early 40s, such as Kate Middleton, have twice as much chance of cancer as a man of the same age. Britain is not extreme in increasing cancer rates among young people, with similar rates observed around the world, notes the same report. Diets rich in red meat and low fruit, as well as high alcohol and smoking are major risk factors. A study published in the British Medical Journal last year found that early cancer cases increased globally by 79% between 1990 and 2019. Experts also predicted that cancer cases in young people would increase further, by 31% more by 2030. World Health Organization data show that Australia had the highest number of early cancer diagnoses in the world, with 135 cases per 100,000 people in 2022. In the same Daily Mail report there is an interactive map that captures what happens around the world with cancer in people under 50 years of age. New Zealand comes second, with 119 cases per 100,000 people in young people, Portugal follows 89.3 cases while Cyprus is in fourth place, with 88.6 cases per 100,000 people. By comparison, the UK and the US were much lower but are still high in the world rankings, coming to 28th and 6th places, respectively. As far as Greece is concerned, always according to the Daily Mail map, 61.9 cases of cancer per 100,000 people under 50 years of age are detected. Over 375,000 cancer cases are detected every year in Britain, equivalent to 1,000 every day, according to the data. Breast, prostate, lung, and bowel cancer are the vast majority of new cancer diagnoses. Information from Dailymail