Harvard Thinking: Cancer is rising among younger people. Why?

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Harvard Thinking: Cancer is rising among younger people. Why?

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  • Somebody who is born in 1990 now has quadrupled the risk of developing rectal cancer and over double the risk of developing colon cancer compared to a similarly aged person who was born in 1950. - Contrary to overall cancer trends, there's been an increase in certain cancer diagnoses in people under 50. From 2010 through 2019, the incidence of 14... Read More

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