Experts scramble to understand rising cancer rates in young adults

Experts scramble to understand rising cancer rates in young adults
Becker's Hospital Review, by Erica Carbajal; 1/11/24
Cancer diagnosis rates among people under 50 are on the rise. In the U.S, the rate among this group jumped nearly 13% from 2000 — when it was 95.6 cases per 100,000 people — to 107.8 by 2019. Physicians and scientists are baffled, scrambling to determine what's beneath the surge and how to identify people at high risk, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 11.