ABC: Cancers in adults below 50 have 'dramatically increased': Report

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Cancers in adults below 50 have 'dramatically increased': Report

 

Early onset cancers defined as cancers discovered in adults younger than 50 years old, have "dramatically increased" around the world over the last few decades, according to a new report by researchers at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

 

Researchers said breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas cancers among others have shown a drastic rise beginning in the 1990s.

 

"From our data, we observed something called the birth cohort effect. This effect shows that each successive group of people born at a later time (e.g., decade-later) have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life, likely due to risk factors they were exposed to at a young age," Shuji Ogino, MD, Ph.D., professor and physician-scientist, said in the report, suggesting increasing risk with each generation.

 

According to Brigham and Women's Hospital's report, exposures from conception to when someone's 19 years old play a role in cancer diagnoses before a person turns 50.

 

The study found that rising incidence is partially attributable to early screenings for some of these cancers, however, early life exposures such as people's diet, weight, lifestyle, environmental exposure, and microbiome may factor into what's contributing to early-onset cancer, but more information on individual exposures is needed, according to the report.

 

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[The Evil Genius]

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The study found that rising incidence is partially attributable to early screenings for some of these cancers, 

 

I was about to ask this. I suspect the majority of the increase is attributed to that. Probably similar to the explosion of autism diagnoses since 2000.

Edited September 8, 2022 by The Evil Genius