A global study analyzing cancer data from 42 countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America and Australasia between 2003 and 2017 found that six cancer types increased in younger adults aged 20-49 in over 75% of examined countries.</span

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Independent

A global study analyzing cancer data from 42 countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America and Australasia between 2003 and 2017 found that six cancer types increased in younger adults aged 20-49 in over 75% of examined countries.

The research revealed that thyroid cancer showed the sharpest increase with a median annual percentage change of 3.57%, followed by kidney cancer at 2.21%, endometrial cancer at 1.66%, colorectal cancer at 1.45%, breast cancer at 0.89% and leukemia at 0.78%.</span

Annals of Internal Medicine

MedPage Today

The research revealed that thyroid cancer showed the sharpest increase with a median annual percentage change of 3.57%, followed by kidney cancer at 2.21%, endometrial cancer at 1.66%, colorectal cancer at 1.45%, breast cancer at 0.89% and leukemia at 0.78%.

Five of the six cancer types that increased in younger adults also showed rising incidence rates in older adults aged 50 and above in most countries, with colorectal cancer being the only exception where increases were greater in younger populations.</span

The Scientist

The Institute of Cancer Research

Five of the six cancer types that increased in younger adults also showed rising incidence rates in older adults aged 50 and above in most countries, with colorectal cancer being the only exception where increases were greater in younger populations.

The cancer types showing increased incidence in both age groups were all linked to obesity, with endometrial and kidney cancers demonstrating the strongest associations with excess body weight according to researchers from Imperial College London.</span

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The cancer types showing increased incidence in both age groups were all linked to obesity, with endometrial and kidney cancers demonstrating the strongest associations with excess body weight according to researchers from Imperial College London.

Liver, oral, esophageal and stomach cancer rates decreased in younger adults in more than half of the studied countries, likely due to successful public health interventions targeting tobacco use, alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis.</span

Bioengineer.org

Liver, oral, esophageal and stomach cancer rates decreased in younger adults in more than half of the studied countries, likely due to successful public health interventions targeting tobacco use, alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis.

The findings challenge previous assumptions that rising cancer rates primarily affect younger populations and suggest that obesity-driven carcinogenic factors influence cancer development across all adult age groups rather than specific demographics.</span

The findings challenge previous assumptions that rising cancer rates primarily affect younger populations and suggest that obesity-driven carcinogenic factors influence cancer development across all adult age groups rather than specific demographics.

Six Cancer Types Rise in Young Adults Globally, Study Finds

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