Childhood inflammatory bowel disease raises cancer risk Unlisted Video

New research shows that children with inflammatory bowel disease are more likely to develop cancer later in life. According to UPI, patients showed a 2.5 times higher risk of developing cancer if they had ulcerative colitis before they turned 18. The new study published Thursday in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics also showed that participants who had ulcerative colitis as children also had a 3.7 times higher risk of dying from the cancer.