Cancer rates JUMPING for young people, 85K Americans ages 15 to 39 diagnosed each year
June 15, 2023
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as posted by the channelIn most cases, cancer doesn’t strike until late in life. But it’s grown more common among younger people since the 1990s, even as it’s declined slightly in older adults.
Between 2000 and 2019, cancer rates increased about 18 percent in Americans under 50. Among 15- to 39-year-olds, the jump was even bigger: over 20 percent.
There’s more awareness about all of this now than there was when early-onset cancer rates started rising three decades ago. But this age group is still considered “underserved and underrepresented” when it comes to cancer.
And one reason many young patients are diagnosed at a more advanced stage is because both they and their doctors often don’t think of cancer as a probable explanation for their symptoms.
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