Cancer Cases In Under-50s Worldwide Up Nearly 80% In 3 Decades, Study

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'Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds,' The Guardian, Sept. 5, 2023. - More than a million under-50s a year dying of cancer and figure projected to rise by another 21% by 2030. 🥼

The number of under-50s worldwide being diagnosed with cancer has risen by nearly 80% in three decades, according to the largest study of its kind. Global cases of early onset cancer increased from 1.82 million in 1990 to 3.26 million in 2019, while cancer deaths of adults in their 40s, 30s or younger grew by 27%.

More than a million under-50s a year are now dying of cancer, the research reveals.

Experts are still in the early stages of understanding the reasons behind the rise in cases. The authors of the study, published in BMJ Oncology, say poor diets, alcohol and tobacco use, physical inactivity and obesity are likely to be among the factors.

“Since 1990, the incidence and deaths of early onset cancers have substantially increased globally,” the report says. “Encouraging a healthy lifestyle, including a healthy diet, the restriction of tobacco and alcohol consumption and appropriate outdoor activity, could reduce the burden of early onset cancer.”

Previous studies have suggested that the incidence of cancer in adults under the age of 50 has been rising in various parts of the world over the last few decades. The latest study, led by the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, was the first of its kind to examine the issue on a global scale and the risk factors for younger adults... - More, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/05/cancer-cases-in-under-50s-worldwide-up-nearly-80-in-three-decades-study-finds

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1. you never hear much about alcohol and cancer- most people just think liver damage

Big risk factor.

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2. Also

Throat cancer.

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3. right - all those shots burning - the burn is quite real

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4. Yes alcohol is definitely a factor, mentioned above. Processed food & beverges contain

many additives, sweeteners, grease, salt, coloring and preservatives. Fast food and junk food have gone international in the last few decades. I've seen Burger King stands in 19th century train stations in France and read about the craze for buckets of KFC in Saudia Arabia. In addition to fast food additives, the packaging contains unhealthy chemicals.

- "The highest rates of early onset cancers in 2019 were in North America, Oceania and western Europe." - (The Guardian).

PFAS, 'Forever Chemicals' in non- stick Teflon- like coatings (Dupont-Dow) are used to repel grease and water for drink cups, pizza boxes, wrappers and styrofoam cartons. PFAS are also in coatings for 'stain and water resistant' carpet, clothing, many other consumer products. They have been used since the 1950s and recent news coverage exposes how widespread they are, found in US water supplies, rivers, wells and more. (Film 'Dark Waters' with Mark Ruffalo, 2019).

Until the last 20 years I'd never heard of so many people in their late 20s, middle age and early 60s with Crohn's Disease, gastrointestinal conditions, autoimmune disorders, colon and other cancers. They're non smokers and non drinkers, with no obesity or adverse lifestyle factors and little to no family history of cancer.

It's past time to address harmful heath and environmental toxins. News more recently has also focused on how humans (animal and plant life too) now have plastic fibers in their bodies from decades long use of plastic bottles and thousands of plastic consumer products. A toxic mess in need of clean up.

- Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan. The story dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals. It stars Mark Ruffalo as Bilott, along with Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Waters_(2019_film)