The diagnosis of several cancers are on the rise among millennials and Gen-Xers.
Lifestyle changes may be linked with an increase in cancer diagnoses among younger generations, a new U.S. study suggests. Without proper intervention, researchers warn that the burden of cancer as younger generations age could not only impact those diagnosed, but also caregivers and society as a whole.
"What we want to understand now is why are these individuals not only being diagnosed with cancer at younger ages, but why are they also facing poorer outcomes than the generations before them," she said.The study looked at cancer and mortality data retrieved from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics for individuals aged 25-84 from 2000 to 2019 — data that covered 94 per cent of the U.S. population.
"The way we live, the way we eat, the way we prepare our foods, the way we consume our foods, all of those things have a role," said Dr. Shady Ashamalla, a surgical oncologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto.About 10,000 Canadians under 40 were expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2023, representing four per cent of cancers diagnosed, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Ashamalla explained that people diagnosed with cancer at a young age not only have to deal with the immediate health burden, but also the burden on their personal lives. The study found that cancers of the head, mouth and neck have been on the decline in young men — a shift that the study's authors suggested may be attributable to decreases in smoking and alcohol consumption.In contrast, these same cancers increased among young women, consistent with changes in alcohol-related behaviours among women born in the 1970s and 1980s. Binge drinking accelerated from 1990 to 2010, when these women would have been between the ages of 30 to 49.
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