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gen x, millennials at higher risk for developing 17 cancers: report

generation xers and millennials have even more reasons ...

by eddie chau

aug 5 2024
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generation xers and millennials have even more reasons to worry about their health.
a report published in lancet public health suggests that american gen xers and millennials are at higher risk of developing 17 cancers compared to older generations.
the 17 cancers are: colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, myeloma, non-cardia gastric, testicular, leukemia, gastric cardia, small intestine, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, ovarian, liver cancer in women, non-hpv associated oral and throat cancers in women, anus cancer in men, and kaposi sarcoma.
researchers from the american cancer society calculated the generational cancer rates based on 23.6 million cases and 7.3 million deaths between 2000 and 2019.
the researchers found that the incident rate for cancers such as those of the small intestine, pancreas and kidney was two to three times higher for people born in the early 1990s when compared to infants in the 1950s.

furthermore, women born in the late 1950s fared better than their millennial counterparts when it came to liver, oral and throat cancers caused by factors besides human papillomavirus, said the new york post .

the study’s lead author, dr. hyuna sung, of the american cancer society, said the findings “add to growing evidence of increased cancer risk in post-baby boomer generations, expanding on previous findings of early-onset colorectal cancer and a few obesity-associated cancers to encompass a broader range of cancer types.”

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acs researchers stated 10 of the 17 cancers at high risk for gen xers and millennials are obesity-related. they said they don’t have a clear reasoning for why the rates are rising.

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eddie chau
eddie chau

eddie chau is a web editor at toronto sun. born and raised in toronto, chau was previously a multimedia journalist with the welland tribune, managing editor at dunnville chronicle, and sports editor at simcoe reformer. chau has been a web editor with toronto sun and canoe since 2016. he holds a bachelor of journalism from ryerson university, graduating in 2004.

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