Cancer surging among under-50s worldwide, study says

Cancer surging among under-50s worldwide, study says

The number of people under 50 diagnosed with cancer has surged worldwide in the last three decades but it is not fully clear why, a study said.
Cancer surging among under-50s worldwide, study says

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27 Sep 2023

Cases of cancer among people aged 14 to 49 rose by nearly 80 percent, from 1.82 million to 3.26 million, between 1990 to 2019, according to the study published in the journal BMJ Oncology.

 

While experts cautioned that some of that increase was explained by population growth, previous research has also indicated that cancer is becoming more commonly diagnosed among under-50s.

The international team of researchers behind the new study pointed to poor diet, smoking and alcohol as major risk factors underlying cancer in the age group.

But "the increasing trend of early-onset cancer burden is still unclear," they added. A little over one million people under 50 died of cancer in 2019, up 28 percent from 1990, the study said.

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