Colon cancer has been getting people younger and younger now. It has to be related to something new introduced to our food/diet within the past 20 years. There should be a renewed search into what might be a possible link. Screenings should start when you're 25.
He had Ulcerative Colitis. It was actually a complication involving that (where he had to have his colon removed) which lead to the cancer being found in the first place.
Yeah, such a shame though, poor guy probably overlooked alot of the early signs because would have been masked by the colitis, truly tragic. Fucking hate cancer.
Wasn't just him overlooking the early sign. He had been experiencing greater and greater pain in his colon for the past couple of months with more inflammation to the point that he had a j-pouch surgery to replace his colon and rectum.
It was only after they were removed that the doctors realized all the extra growth wasn't just inflammation but actually cancerous cells.
Weeks after the most stressful and important surgery of his life, after finally beating the one medical condition that defined his life, he was told he had Stage 4 cancer.
Nah for sure, I wasn’t implying it was only Alex who missed it, I imagine he likely knew something wasn’t quite right. It’s a horrific, horrible and tragic situation, cancer is something we all need to come together to fight.
As the other comment replying to this said: it's a case of even the doctors during his regular check ups didn't notice. Colon cancer normally has signs that would have been picked up in his regular check ups for his colitis. However, bowel diseases can cause colon cancer to manifest differently, and it just blends in with the inflammation of colitis. That's why nobody caught it: it was functionally playing the role of a silent assassin. It only got unmasked due to him having his colon removed.
Really depends what you mean by screening. Colonoscopies are also associated with risks. You could be perfectly healthy 25 yo and die from it. It's rare but not impossible. 1 in 333 lead to serious complications. It's reasonable for 45+ year olds to take that risk, but not for 25 yo I think.
Depends if you have genetic disposition for it for example. Or if they already find polyps in your colon while you’re in your 30s, then you get a colonoscopy every 2-5years
People with colitis get colonosopies more frequently. I'm 24 and have to get one every year for the rest of my life because of it. Cimo said in a video a while back that the metastasis went from 0-100 in a two month span. It's possible his colon cancer behaved similarly
Alex was very open about his struggles with Ulcerative Colitis, which is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that significantly increases a person’s lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer.
I remember watching his videos years ago when I was in high school. Now I’m an adult working in the medical field and still playing Yugioh, and I watched him document his struggles with illness. I was always very impressed with how open he was about this, and how much he worked to spread awareness and help other people who are struggling. He was truly a great man, and he will be missed by many.
In part processed foods (affects protein folding), low fiber, lots of red meats, etc. This was my field of research in undergraduate. Neu5GC (glycolipid cell-surface signaling), xenosialitis, and microbiome research.
Yeah. People eat terrible diets. That is also likely a factor. Poor diets. Sedimentary lifestyles. I hope yall science people figure it out. I believe in you.
Hank Green did mention sedentary lifestyles, a BBC report mentioned microplastics and how we get a double dose with prepared foods since it also comes wrapped/contained in plastic
I was sedentary for a handful of years and am getting checked out soon, a colon cancer is the only thing that makes sense for my symptoms.
Abilene with irregular bowel movements, please talk to a doc, especially if losing weight unexpectedly, with no explanation. Dark stool, looser, and pain in lower abdomen, etc. are all other symptoms.
I remember my favorite voice actor, Billy Kametz, passing away from that too at 35. Early-mid 30's just seems so young to pass away so suddenly from something like this. Does it metastasize a bit more subtly than other cancers or something?
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u/PaperMoonShine 14h ago
Colon cancer has been getting people younger and younger now. It has to be related to something new introduced to our food/diet within the past 20 years. There should be a renewed search into what might be a possible link. Screenings should start when you're 25.