'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.'
@FBednar @cyrilpedia Fil, do you think better awareness or earlier diagnosis plays a part in that or is it due to wider disease/environmental factors?
@Dominic_Tyer @FBednar I think that's definitely a component - but it seems that a lot of these tumors in the young (ish) are quite aggressive, so it's not just earlier detection. My hunch is that of all these factors, obesity and metabolic diseases are going to be the big players
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I would agree here. Complete speculation on my part, but I wonder how much this is a result of individual lifestyle choices and long-term environmental exposures to things like microplastics in everything we eat/drink leading to chronic inflammation.
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Yes, unfortunately this is very much the empiric experience of all of us taking care of cancer patients. The mean age of my currently admitted post-surgical patients is under 45…