Study from Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia finds several cancers on the rise in young people
A recent study from Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia has found that millennials face higher diagnoses for certain cancers than previous generations has researchers seeking to identify and address the underlying risk factors.
“What we want to understand now is, why are these individuals not only being diagnosed with cancer at younger ages, but why are they also facing poorer outcomes?” said Dr. Fidler-Benaoudia, PhD, a cancer epidemiologist whose research has focused on childhood cancers, in an interview with CBC news.
Dr. Fidler-Benaoudia is involved in a recent study from the American Cancer Society published in The Lancet which found, in the United States, 17 out of 34 types of cancer are being diagnosed more frequently in younger adults. Overall, the risk of developing cancer is two to three times higher for people born around 1990 compared to older generations.
These findings contribute to the growing evidence of increased cancer risk in younger generations, underscoring the need to identify risk factors and support research that enables the best outcomes for patients and their families.
