8.4.2024 Rising cancer rates in younger generations signal urgent need for early-life prevention strategies

In a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health, researchers assessed cancer incidence and mortality trends in the United States (US).

Previously, the authors reported an increased incidence of eight cancers over time in successively younger birth cohorts in the US. Besides, people born between 1965 and 1980 might have increased incidence rates of all leading cancers combined and specific cancers, such as colorectal, kidney, thyroid, leukemia, and uterine corpus. However, a comprehensive analysis of trends in cancer incidence and mortality by year of birth or birth cohort is lacking for contemporary generations.