Seven colon cancer risk factors men should know as experts warn of early cases

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A new study has uncovered seven risk factors for early onset colon cancer in men.In Scotland, colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in men after prostate cancer and lung cancer.

Excluding skin cancer, it accounts for 12 per cent of all cancer cases males, according to data gathered by Public Health Information for Scotland (SCOTPHO).While research shows that colon cancer rates and deaths are falling in those over 50, they are actually increasing in men under this age.

The latest findings published in Cancer Research Prevention may help bring early diagnoses in men who are below the recommended age - 45- for colorectal cancer screenings.Led by researcher-clinician Thomas Imperiale, M.D., of the U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine, the study examined 600 US army veterans with non-hereditary colon or rectal cancer, as well as 2,400 VA patients across the US.After studying health data focusing on a variety of lifestyle factors, researchers identified seven factors that raise the risk for early onset colon cancer in men as the following.While the first six risk factors are universal, the final one relates medical costs paid out by US insurance companies.