Global cancer cases in those under 50 surged by 79% over the past 30 years, with breast, windpipe, and prostate cancers leading the rise. The findings call for a global strategy emphasizing prevention, early detection, and tailored treatments for younger patients. There’s been a striking 79% incr
Over the past three decades, there has been a significant 79% rise in new cancer diagnoses among individuals under 50 worldwide. Researchers say there is an urgent call for a global approach to prevention, early detection, and holistic treatment strategies tailored to younger patients.
The findings upend received wisdom about the types of cancers typically affecting the under 50s, a linked editorial suggests.While cancer tends to be more common in older people, the evidence suggests that cases among the under 50s have been rising in many parts of the world since the 1990s. But most of these studies have focused on regional and national differences; and few have looked at the issue from a global perspective or the risk factors for younger adults, say the researchers.
But new cases of early-onset windpipe and prostate cancers rose the fastest between 1990 and 2019, with estimated annual percentage changes of 2.28% and 2.23%, respectively. At the other end of the spectrum, early onset liver cancer fell by an estimated 2.88% every year. And in low to middle-income countries, early-onset cancer had a much greater impact on women than on men, in terms of both deaths and subsequent poor health.
But, point out doctors from the Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, in a linked editorial: “The findings…challenge perceptions of the type of cancer diagnosed in younger age groups.”
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