Cancer rates rises among people under age 50
Cancer among young people rises
Cancer increases among young people, new data shows
In a recently published article by WebMD, the comprehensive new data published, people under the age of fifty are becoming more likely to be diagnosed with cancer. According to the study, published on Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, from 2010 to 2019, the rate of cancer diagnoses rose from 100 to 103 cases per 100,000 people.
Young people with cancer increases were driven by jumps in different types of cancer and within specific age, racial, and ethnic groups. Researchers analyzed data shows more than 560,000 of young people with cancer (under age 50) who were diagnosed during the 9-year period.
Breast cancer remained the most common among young people with cancer. While the most striking of young people with cancer increase was seen in gastrointestinal cancers. The rate of young people with cancer (GI cancers) which include colon cancer and cancer of the appendix, rose to fifteen percent.
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