The incidence of colon cancer is related to occupation

With the development of medical research, people have a deeper understanding of the causes of colon cancer. The incidence of colon cancer is closely related to social development, lifestyle and dietary structure, and there are phenomena suggesting that there may be differences in environmental and genetic factors affecting the incidence of colon cancer in different parts and age groups.

Environment, diet, genetics, physical activity, occupation, etc. are all factors that may induce colon cancer. Among them, occupational factors deserve people's attention.

Insulation asbestos production workers are a common group of people with colon cancer, and animal experiments have confirmed that swallowed asbestos fibers can penetrate the intestinal mucosa. Therefore, it can be said that people engaged in insulation asbestos production are at high risk of colon cancer. In addition, people engaged in metal industry, cotton yarn or textile industry and leather manufacturing industry are also at a high risk of colon cancer. At present, it has been clinically confirmed that acrylonitrile, a compound often used in the production process of plastics, synthetic fibers and rubber, has the effect of inducing stomach, central nervous system and breast tumors, and textile workers who are exposed to this substance have a high incidence of lung cancer and colon cancer. However, despite this, colon cancer is not an occupational disease.

In addition, the risk of colon cancer for people who sit for a long time or often is 1.4 times that of those who work in occupations with high physical activity, and is closely related to cecal cancer. Moderate-intensity physical activity plays a protective role in preventing colon cancer (especially colon cancer).