Turbo Cancers on the Rise: Yale experts
A sudden rise in younger people with early onset cancers which are more aggressive with more (and unusual) genetic change has been increasingly noted - colorectal, breast and GI tract cancers seem to lead the way. Dr. Harvey Risch first reported in September 2023 that Clinicians at Yale Medical School were seeing some new cancer situations in adults as young as 25, with no family history of developing colorectal cancer, suddenly developing highly aggressive forms of the disease. So aggressive that between diagnosis and first treatment, the cancers have grown dramatically (1). This phenomenon has rapidly accelerated since the Pandemic. These ‘turbo cancers’ do not conform to the normal behaviour of cancers, not only are they more aggressive, but there seem to be more genetic issues in these cancers. Risch is Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine. In 2022 ther...