That many of the cancers are gastrointestinal offers clues and could point to microplastics, says the Financial Times’ Anjana Ahuja.
The rates of several cancers, like pancreatic and kidney cancer, are increasingly common among young people compared to older cohorts. as predominantly a disease of old age is beginning to creak. An analysis last year showed that, in the Group of Twenty industrialised nations, rates of several cancers are rising faster among the young than among the old.
The academics who published their findings in Lancet Public Health last week say these are “generational shifts in cancer risk”. The shifts come with profound implications., whether it is rethinking screening programmes or finding ways to preserve fertility during treatment. As the disease itself metastasises into something unfamiliar, the dream of consigning it to history grows more challenging.
“These findings are sobering as they indicate the increased cancer risk in younger generations is not merely an artefact due to more frequent cancer detection and diagnosis,” Sung told me. “Instead, it points to a genuine increase in cancer risk at the population level, with the increase in incidence being substantial enough to outweigh improvements in cancer survival.
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