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What’s Causing Colon Cancer to Rise So Fast?

2026-05-17 People & Blogs
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🩺 Get your personalized health plan: https://drstanfield.com 💊 Supplements I Take: https://drstanfield.com/pages/my-supplements 💊MicroVitamin+ (Pro) Powder: https://drstanfield.com/products/microvitamin-plus 💊MicroVitamin Standard Capsules: https://drstanfield.com/products/microvitamin Timestamps: 00:00 Colon Cancer Rates Are Rising 00:35 The Barcelona Team's Research 05:18 The San Diego Team's Research 08:46 The Boston Team's Research 11:29 Comparing the Three Theories 13:01 What Can You Do to Lower Your Cancer Risk? ✔️ X: https://x.com/BradStanfieldMD ✔️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bradstanfieldmd Here are the links to the research papers referenced in the video: CRC Statistics 2026 — https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.70067 VHIO press release (Maas/Seoane "post-its" quote) — https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1125132 Maas/Seoane — Nature Medicine 2026 (picloram methylation paper) — https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04342-5 All-In Podcast clip (picloram segment) — https://youtu.be/1bCXCxrDsCs?t=5174 Chaotropy — German data critique of the picloram paper — https://www.chaotropy.com/a-nature-medicine-paper-linking-picloram-to-early-onset-colorectal-cancer-leaves-an-open-question/ EFSA picloram residue monitoring (2024) — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.9067 Rising EO-CRC incidence — German data (2022) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36471648/ Colorectal cancer in younger adults — US incidence — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9177054/ Díaz-Gay/Alexandrov — Nature 2025 (colibactin paper) — https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09025-8 Medical Daily — Díaz-Gay "we weren't even looking" quote — https://www.medicaldaily.com/colorectal-cancers-young-adults-childhood-exposure-common-gut-bacteria-blame-473443 MedCentral — Stratton/Wellcome Sanger childhood-mutation timing — https://www.medcentral.com/gastroenterology/bacterial-toxins-linked-to-early-onset-colorectal-cancer Cancer Research UK — Alexandrov "decades ahead of schedule" quote — https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/04/23/colibactin-e-coli-early-onset-bowel-cancer/ Wang/Cao/Chan — JAMA Oncology 2025 (UPF & early-onset CRC adenomas) — https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2841354 Mass General Brigham press release — Chan diet quote — https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/ultra-processed-foods-early-onset-colorectal-cancer-study USPSTF CRC screening recommendation — https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening Dietary fiber & CRC risk (nested case-control) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20407088/ Overweight/obesity & CRC — meta-analysis of 66 studies — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12181496/ Physical activity, sedentary behaviour & cancer — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10441558/ UPF & CRC risk — 3 prospective US cohorts (BMJ 2022) — https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2021-068921 Diagnostic value of symptoms for CRC in primary care — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3080228/ Thumbnail by James Kelly Video edited by Troy Young Script by John Milliken The links above are affiliate links, so I receive a small commission every time you use them to purchase a product. The content contained in this video, and its accompanying description, is not intended to replace viewers’ relationships with their own medical practitioner. Always speak with your doctor regarding the content of this channel, and especially before using any products, services, or devices discussed on this channel.

Top Comments (10)

@andymath89 2026-05-17

There's no simple answer to a complex problem. Thank you for showing the whole picture instead of focusing on a single paper or theory.

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@teri2466 2026-05-17

And _this_ is how science is done. ❤

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@giespel68 2026-05-18

The answer to the question in the title of this video: obviously it's the jibbyjabbies, but also ultraprocessed 'food'. We're being poisoned from every angle

63 3 replies
@jefftee7354 2026-05-17

Great nuanced video and I appreciate the lack of AI slop in this video 👍

52 5 replies
@rogerwilson6367 2026-05-17

All the junk they are putting in our food which is being ignored by our governments.

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@SandyCat39 2026-05-20

My dad died of colon cancer in 1991 when he was just 42. He was a wonderful man and I wish he’d been around to see me grow up. I had a precancerous polyp removed in my 30’s so I suspect it was unlucky genetics in this case.

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@darkhorseman8263 2026-05-19

Low fibre. Excessive palmitate. Pesticides. Bad bacteria. Microplastics. Imbalance between NO and H2S.

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@groundrail 2026-05-17

Long term persistent research studies in various problems are amazing - great work teams, including you Dr Stanfield for excellent reporting. I always look for your videos. Good health to all.

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@DrBradStanfield 2026-05-16

All 20 studies referenced in the video are linked in the video's description 🩺 Get your personalized health plan: https://drstanfield.com/pages/roadmap

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@JMaxwell1000 2026-05-20

It's the "elephant in the room," a.k.a. the mRNA injections.

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