Rates of colorectal cancer have been increasing in young people over the past few years — and have gotten a lot of attention in the process. But disturbing new research finds that rising cancer rates in young people aren’t limited to colorectal cancer.
The study findings, which were published in JAMA Network Open, “build on data that’s been previously presented and observations that have gotten public interest,” Dr. Jack Jacoub, a medical oncologist and medical director of MemorialCare Cancer Institute at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., tells Yahoo Life. “It’s very, very powerful information.”
Which forms of cancer are increasing in young people and, more importantly, why is this happening? Doctors break it down.
What the study says
The new study finds that early-onset cancer — defined as cancer in people younger than age 50 — increased from 2010 to 2019.
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