As of: April 3, 2024, 8:55 a.m
By: Natalie Hull-Deichsel
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There is enormous sympathy after Catherine addressed the public in an emotional video message. Two types of cancer appear to occur more frequently at this age.
“It's a big shock and William and I are trying everything we can to get through this together for our family.” With these words, Catherine Elizabeth “Kate”, Princess of Wales, describes her feelings in a video on Instagram about her cancer diagnosis . Despite her own fate, the 42-year-old also encourages other affected people and wishes them the strength they need to get through this difficult time. What type of cancer Kate is suffering from is not yet known, except that it is said to be an abdominal tumor.
In particular, younger women between the ages of 30 and 50 can be affected by two types of abdominal cancer, as Professor Franz Bader from the Isar Clinic in Munich explains in an interview with Merkur tz.
Cancer in the abdomen: colon cancer and cervical cancer also in young people
Princess Kate goes public with her cancer diagnosis on social media. As a precaution, doctors advised her to undergo chemotherapy. © EyePress/Imago and Friso Gentsch/dpa
Study results indicate that there are two reasons why younger people get it, especially when it comes to colon cancer. The observed increase in colon cancer diagnoses among people under 50 could, on the one hand, be related to improved early detection in industrialized countries; on the other hand, an unhealthy lifestyle may also be responsible for the increase in cancer cases. “Colon cancer certainly has something to do with diet and our lifestyle. [...],” explains oncologist Prof. Dr. Anke Reinacher-Schick from St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum,
told
ntv.de.
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In addition to colon cancer, younger women are also at risk of developing cervical cancer. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted viral infection worldwide and a cause of this type of cancer. There are more than 200 types of HPV viruses that can be transmitted sexually - at least twelve of which are carcinogenic. A vaccination can prevent the development of cervical cancer caused by HPV. The Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) of the
Robert Koch Institute
recommends vaccination for girls and boys between the ages of nine and 14.
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