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Previous ACS research had shown that rates of 11 cancers, including pancreatic, colorectal, kidney, uterine and testicular cancer, had been increasing among young adults. The new study added eight ...
Why are younger people getting cancer at higher rates when the incidence among older individuals has decreased? Our wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen looks at the issue.
More younger people are being diagnosed with and dying from certain cancers, including colorectal cancer. From 2017 to 2021, the rate of these cancers rose by more than 3% per year among people ...
Adolescents and young adults also reported fears about sexual attractiveness due to physical changes as well as fertility-related changes caused by cancer. Young people with cancer whose diagnosis is delayed or takes longer are at increased risk of anxiety, depression and reduced quality of life. [20] [21]
The scientists found that people born after 1965 had a 17% higher increased risk for accelerated aging compared to those who were born between 1950 and 1954.
A 2019 study co-authored by Jemal found that many of the cancers growing more common among U.S. young adults are linked to obesity, which now affects about 40% of U.S. adults under 40.
Rates of colorectal cancer diagnosed in people between ages 25 and 49 rose over the past 10 years in 27 out of 50 countries that American Cancer Society researchers gathered data on.
However, cancer mortality during that time only increased by 27.7%, primarily due to improved treatments (five-year survival rates for all cancers have increased from 49% in the 1970s to ~69% in ...