Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here's What You Need to Know
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Today a woman in her 30s faces higher odds of a cancer diagnosis than her grandmother did at her age two generations ago. Cancer incidence and mortality are rising in millennials and even younger populations.
In July, a study found that both members of Generation X and Millennials face a higher risk than older generations of 17 types of cancer.
Cancer spares no one. Not a month goes by without the news of a celebrity, an acquaintance, a friend or a family member learning what each of us dreads to hear from a doctor: You have cancer.
Although we haven't found a single reason for the increase, one thing is certain: we have a generational problem. Facts are stubborn things, and these alarming statistics demand a
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