Panagiota Mitrou, Executive Director of Research and Policy at World Cancer Research Fund International, shared on LinkedIn:
“Our analysis conducted by Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu showed that the early-onset cancers that had significant increases in the US were:
- Women: breast, colorectum, uterus, kidney, liver, pancreas, stomach
- Men: colorectum, kidney, pancreas, stomach
- New kidney cancer cases among Americans under 50 have more than doubled since 2000.
Colorectal cancer in younger adults has rightly received attention, but this analysis emphasizes that the early-onset cancer story is broader.
Cancer is still much more common in older adults, but these changing patterns among younger generations need to be treated as a serious research and cancer prevention priority.”
American Institute for Cancer Research, added :
” NEW RESEARCH!
The number of younger adults diagnosed with some types of cancer has increased in recent decades.
An AICR analysis found significant increases in cases of:
- kidney
- colorectal
- uterine
- pancreatic
- breast cancers
- among U.S. adults under age 50.
Kidney cancer showed the largest change.
Cancer before 50 can have a devastating impact. It can be disruptive, affecting people during their most productive years in their working and family life.
We do not yet know what is driving these trends, but changes in health, lifestyle, the environment and how cancers are diagnosed may all play a role. If the number of new cases of early-onset cancers is changing, it is important for us to understand why and what it means for prevention, awareness, diagnosis and treatment in patients.
Read more in the blog.”
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