British health experts from King’s College London have warned that millions of patients may be at a 600% risk of developing colorectal cancer before the age of fifty, as a result of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. said: Sarah Berry, a nutrition scientist at the college and the study’s lead researcher, said that inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic condition that causes severe pain and digestive disorders, increases the risk of colorectal cancer by about 600 percent.
She explained that “the disease causes continuous damage to the intestinal lining, which raises the possibility of developing life-threatening cancerous tumors.”
She added: “Inflammatory bowel disease is known to include two main conditions: Crohn’s disease (which is not treatable) and ulcerative colitis, and it affects about half a million people in Britain alone, most of whom are under the age of fifty.”
According to statistics, about 44,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in Britain annually, while the disease leads to the death of about 17,000. Contrary to previously prevailing belief, studies have shown that the risk of infection among those under fifty has become 50% higher compared to the beginning of the nineties.
Experts link this increase to several factors, including obesity, lack of physical activity, increased consumption of ultra-processed and sugary foods, in addition to chronic inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
The researchers called for the importance of early diagnosis and effective treatment, because controlling the disease with modern medications contributes to reducing the risk of this cancer.
date:2026-02-10 14:16:00
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