Articles for tag: Cancer Prevention, cancer research, Early Onset Cancer, Medical Trends, public health, Young Adults Health

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Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer? Scientists Investigate

Jan Otte

People thought for a long time that cancer was a disease that only older people got, mostly in their later years. But something troubling is happening: more adults under 50 are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before. Researchers are scrambling for answers as the number of early-onset cases of breast, colorectal, kidney, and uterine ...