Cancer diagnoses are shifting from older to younger adults and from men to women, according to a report released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.
Cancer mortality is continuing to decline, but the incidence of certain cancer types is increasing, especially among women.
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The American Cancer Society's annual cancer trend report shows cancer mortality is decreasing but cancer rates are increasing in young adults and women.
Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.
The decline in cancer incidence among men and increase among women has narrowed the male‐to-female cancer incidence rate ratio from a peak of 1.6 in 1992 to 1.1 in 2021. In people aged 50-64 years, cancer incidence is statistically equivalent between women and men, at 832.5 and 830.6 cases per 100,000 people, respectively.
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The increase in breast cancer rates among younger patients is occurring as the incidence of other early-onset cancers — including colorectal, gastric, kidney and liver cancer — is also on the rise, though cancer among patients under 50 is still relatively rare overall, Dr. Partridge said.
Radon remains the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and the latest American Lung Association “State of Lung Cancer” report reveals that in Virginia, 25.2% of radon test results equal or exceed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level of 4 pCi/L.