America's cancer crisis in numbers: the type most likely to get you depending on age, ethnicity and gender
10 months, 2 weeks ago

America's cancer crisis in numbers: the type most likely to get you depending on age, ethnicity and gender

Daily Mail  

These are breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung and bronchus and colorectal It seems not a day goes by when we don't hear of an American struck down before their time with colon cancer. USAFacts used the latest official data to reveal that four types of cancer represented half of the 1.96 million new cancer cases in 2023: breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, colorectal cancers. Four types of cancer represented half of the 1.96 million new cancer cases in 2023: breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, colorectal cancers As of 2019, men were roughly 15 percent more likely to be diagnosed with cancer and 38 percent more likely to die from the disease than women. Prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers are the most types of cancer common for men, which were responsible for over half of new cancer cases and 46 percent of cancer deaths in 2023 among men. For women, the most common cancers are estimated to be breast, lung, and colorectal cancers, which accounted for 55 percent of their new cancer cases and half of cancer deaths in 2023.

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Young women under 50 are 82% more likely to develop cancer than men: New study highlights alarming statistics
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Young women under 50 are 82% more likely to develop cancer than men: New study highlights alarming statistics

Hindustan Times  

The incidence of cancer among young women is on the rise, with women under 50 now 82% more likely to develop cancer than their male counterparts. Young women face surge in cancer rates, 82% more likely than men, study finds. Rising cancer rates among women Uterine cancer deaths are also rising, with the study highlighting it as "one of the …

Young women see dramatic spike in cancer rates compared to young men. Why? It’s complicated
2 months ago

Young women see dramatic spike in cancer rates compared to young men. Why? It’s complicated

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Breast and thyroid cancer account for almost half of all cancer diagnoses in women younger …

Bowel cancer, second deadliest, rising faster among 25-49 age group: Study in Lancet
3 months ago

Bowel cancer, second deadliest, rising faster among 25-49 age group: Study in Lancet

Firstpost  

In several countries, cases of bowel cancer are rising among younger people in the 25-49 age group as compared to older adults who are traditionally more prone to developing cancers Bowel cancers are rising among younger persons aged 25-49 as compared to older adults, according to a new study published in Lancet. In their paper titled ‘Colorectal cancer incidence trends …

Mystery surrounds why bowel cancer in young people is rising so sharply in England
3 months ago

Mystery surrounds why bowel cancer in young people is rising so sharply in England

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: “This flagship study reveals that increasing …

New bowel cancer shock: Rates in England's under-50s among highest in the world - amid global explosion of the disease in young people
3 months ago

New bowel cancer shock: Rates in England's under-50s among highest in the world - amid global explosion of the disease in young people

Daily Mail  

The number of under-50s with bowel cancer in England is growing at one of the fastest rates in the world, a major study warns. The study found bowel cancer rates in young people rose in 27 out of the 50 countries studied in the decade to 2017. Cancer Research UK stressed bowel cancer rates in younger adults are still low, …

Bowel cancer cases in young people rising sharply in England, study finds
3 months ago

Bowel cancer cases in young people rising sharply in England, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The global scope of this concerning trend highlights the need for innovative tools to prevent …

Scientists claim they've found the cause of mystery colon cancers in young people - and the lifestyle factors that are to blame
3 months, 1 week ago

Scientists claim they've found the cause of mystery colon cancers in young people - and the lifestyle factors that are to blame

Daily Mail  

Colon cancers may be surging in under 50s because of a rise in 'accelerated agers', according to a new study. Dr Shria Kumar, a colorectal cancer specialist behind the new research, said: 'Aging is multifaceted, and we need larger studies to establish whether most people's biological age is the same as their chronological age.' That said, she added: 'It is …

America's early-onset colon cancer death spots revealed.. is YOUR neighborhood one of them?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

America's early-onset colon cancer death spots revealed.. is YOUR neighborhood one of them?

Daily Mail  

IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH-RELATED STORY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. The researchers found that, overall, young patients with colorectal cancer 'who lived in rural areas alone had a 1.1-fold to 1.4-fold increased risk of CRC death compared to those living in nonrural areas.' Based on the NCI's latest county-by-county data, Union County, Florida, had the highest incidence of young-onset …

Cancer deaths in men predicted to surge by terrifying 93 per cent by 2050, global study reveals - amid continued rise in younger people being hit by the disease
7 months ago

Cancer deaths in men predicted to surge by terrifying 93 per cent by 2050, global study reveals - amid continued rise in younger people being hit by the disease

Daily Mail  

Cancer cases in men are predicted to rise by 84 per cent by 2050, analysis suggests, with deaths from the disease to almost double in that time. While cancer deaths were predicted to increase by a large amount among men aged 65 and over, rising by over 124 per cent in 2050, younger men also faced a worrying increase in …

Global cancer deaths among men projected to increase by 93% by 2050, study finds
7 months ago

Global cancer deaths among men projected to increase by 93% by 2050, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Cancer cases and deaths among men are expected to surge by 2050, according to a study published Monday, with large increases among men 65 and older. The study projects that overall cancer cases among men will increase from 10.3 million in 2022 to 19 million in 2050, an increase of 84%. Expanding universal health coverage worldwide could strengthen …

New cancer cases to soar 77 percent by 2050, WHO predicts
1 year, 1 month ago

New cancer cases to soar 77 percent by 2050, WHO predicts

Al Jazeera  

There were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases in 2022, with more than 35 million new cases predicted by 2050. The number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million in 2050, 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, according to predictions from the World Health Organization’s cancer agency. “Over 35 million new cancer cases are predicted …

Obesity and binge drinking driving up bowel cancer rates in young people in UK
1 year, 1 month ago

Obesity and binge drinking driving up bowel cancer rates in young people in UK

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UK, on the other hand, has an expected 26 per cent rise in …

Cancer cases in younger people rising globally, researchers say
1 year, 6 months ago

Cancer cases in younger people rising globally, researchers say

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fortunately, the annual mortality rate from early-onset cancer in …

NIH says halving cancer deaths by 2047 is currently 'impossible'
1 year, 11 months ago

NIH says halving cancer deaths by 2047 is currently 'impossible'

Daily Mail  

Halving cancer deaths by 2047 will be 'impossible' based on current trends, Government health chiefs have said. Data shows cancer death rates have fallen 33 percent since 1991, averting 3.8 million deaths, but it is not enough. Lung cancer deaths have dropped 4.7 percent per year between 2014 and 2019, while the colorectal cancer death rate has decreased 2 percent …

Colorectal Cancer Rising Among Young People: What To Know
2 years ago

Colorectal Cancer Rising Among Young People: What To Know

Huff Post  

Thomas Barwick via Getty Images The exact reason for the rise of colorectal cancer in younger people is unknown, but certain risk factors may be part of the puzzle. “We have seen an alarming and unsettling increase in the instance of colorectal cancer in younger people,” said Dr. Robin Mendelsohn, co-director of the Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal …

Infographic: A global look at cancer
2 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: A global look at cancer

Al Jazeera  

In 2020, more than 18 million people around the world were diagnosed with cancer. February 4 marks World Cancer Day – an annual global initiative to raise awareness about prevention, detection and treatment against one of the world’s leading causes of death. Stage 4 : Cancer cells have spread beyond nearby tissues and into lymph nodes and parts of the …

US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991, partly due to advances in treatment, early detection and less smoking, report says
2 years, 2 months ago

US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991, partly due to advances in treatment, early detection and less smoking, report says

CNN  

CNN — The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States has continuously declined over the past three decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. “This time next year, I believe our report will give some initial insight into what the impact was in the pandemic of cancer incidence and cancer mortality.” ‘The continuation …

How poor lifestyle choices can lead to cancer
2 years, 6 months ago

How poor lifestyle choices can lead to cancer

Live Mint  

Smoking, alcohol use, high body mass index, and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly 4.45 million global cancer deaths in 2019, according to study published in The Lancet journal on Friday. The leading risk factors globally for cancer deaths and ill health for both sexes were smoking, followed by alcohol use and high BMI, the researchers said. The …

Cancer death rates for Black people drop, but they’re still higher than for others
2 years, 9 months ago

Cancer death rates for Black people drop, but they’re still higher than for others

LA Times  

Nayla Fair examines cancer cells through a microscope at the Hampton University Cancer Research Center in Virginia. Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new U.S. government study. Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and …

BBC podcaster Deborah James leaves fans worried as she shares snap from hospital bed
2 years, 11 months ago

BBC podcaster Deborah James leaves fans worried as she shares snap from hospital bed

Daily Mail  

BBC podcast host Deborah James, who has incurable bowel cancer, has revealed she had a 'rough few days' as she shared a snap from hospital over the weekend. The former deputy head teacher turned cancer campaigner, 40, from London, has been living with stage four bowel cancer since she was diagnosed in December 2016, and was told early on that …

Proportion of all cancer cases higher in men: ICMR report
3 years, 5 months ago

Proportion of all cancer cases higher in men: ICMR report

The Hindu  

The proportion of all cancer cases was higher in males than females with gynaecological cancers, including breast cancer, comprising over half of all cancers in females. Childhood cancers constitute 7.9% of all cancers, noted the Indian Council of Medical Research’s ‘Clinicopathological Profile of Cancers in India: A Report of the Hospital Based Cancer Registries, 2021’ released on Sunday. “The relative …

Cancer deaths: US death rates are falling for many types of cancer, but not all, report says
3 years, 8 months ago

Cancer deaths: US death rates are falling for many types of cancer, but not all, report says

CNN  

CNN — US death rates from cancer continued to decline from 2014 to 2018, driven mostly by drops in deaths from lung cancer and melanoma, according to a new report published Thursday. Researchers said the drop in lung cancer death rates drove the overall decline, and the melanoma decline represented a “substantial increase in survival for metastatic melanoma.” “The declines …

Prostate cancer diagnoses, deaths decreasing worldwide, study says
5 years, 11 months ago

Prostate cancer diagnoses, deaths decreasing worldwide, study says

CNN  

CNN — Prostate cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer for men in the United States and worldwide, is on the decline, according to new research. Dr. Alex Krist, vice chairman of the US Preventive Services Task Force and professor of family medicine and population health at Virginia Commonwealth University, who was not involved in the study, explained that …

Cancer still kills more black people than white. But the gap has narrowed — a lot
6 years, 1 month ago

Cancer still kills more black people than white. But the gap has narrowed — a lot

LA Times  

Cancer deaths have dropped for all Americans, but rates have fallen faster for black people. Washington Post Longtime cancer disparities between African Americans and whites — with blacks having a sharply higher mortality rate — have narrowed significantly over the last several years and disappeared entirely for a few age groups, according to a new study by the American Cancer …

US cancer death rate hits 25 years of decline, study says
6 years, 2 months ago

US cancer death rate hits 25 years of decline, study says

CNN  

CNN — The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States seems to have dropped steadily for 25 years, a new study says,but disparities remain between the rich and the poor. The overall nationwide cancer death rate fell continuously from 1991 to 2016 by a total of 27%, according to a study by the American Cancer Society, published …

Report: 10 million will die of cancer this year
6 years, 6 months ago

Report: 10 million will die of cancer this year

CNN  

Story highlights Cancer is expected to be the No. 1 cause of death by the end of the century One in five men and one in six women will develop cancer during their lifetime, researchers estimate CNN — The number of people around the world who have cancer is “rapidly growing,” with 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths …

Younger American women more likely to get lung cancer than men
6 years, 9 months ago

Younger American women more likely to get lung cancer than men

CNN  

Story highlights Lung cancer incidence has generally decreased for people ages 30 to 54 Among whites, lung cancer rates for women surpassed those of men in nearly every age group studied CNN — Historically, men have been more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the United States, but new research indicates that this sex-based trend has flipped, with …

The death rate from cancer is falling for American men, women and children of all backgrounds
6 years, 9 months ago

The death rate from cancer is falling for American men, women and children of all backgrounds

LA Times  

Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men, women, and children in the United States among all major racial and ethnic groups, according to a new report. Cancer incidence is higher for men than for women Doctors diagnosed 502 new cases of cancer per 100,000 men annually between 2010 and 2014, on average. Cancer mortality rates were higher for …

Colon and rectal cancer deaths on the rise, study says
7 years, 7 months ago

Colon and rectal cancer deaths on the rise, study says

CNN  

Story highlights A new study shows colon and rectal cancer death rates are rising for adults under 55 Data show the death rate increase is confined to whites; among black patients, there's a slight decline CNN — Adults in the United States are dying from colon and rectal cancers at an increasing rate about age 50, when they should just …

Bowel cancer one of Australia's biggest killers, but people aren't taking free test
7 years, 7 months ago

Bowel cancer one of Australia's biggest killers, but people aren't taking free test

ABC  

It is the second-most common cancer in Australia, but health authorities are frustrated more people aren't participating in screening for bowel cancer. Common causes of bowel cancer: Inherited genetic risk, family history Being overweight or obese High alcohol consumption Smoking Polyps, or growths, on bowel High red meat consumption, particularly processed The Cancer Council Victoria is calling on people to …

Why Are More Young Americans Getting Colon Cancer?
8 years ago

Why Are More Young Americans Getting Colon Cancer?

NPR  

Why Are More Young Americans Getting Colon Cancer? More than a decade ago, scientists noticed an odd quirk in the data: While overall rates of colorectal cancer have been falling dramatically since the mid-1980s, there's been a steady uptick of this disease among people younger than 50. And the vast majority of colorectal cancer cases are among people over 50: …

Colorectal cancer rates are rising among younger Americans even as they’re falling for others
8 years ago

Colorectal cancer rates are rising among younger Americans even as they’re falling for others

LA Times  

Colorectal cancer, long considered a scourge of the aged, has been steadily rising among young and middle-aged adults in the United States, new research shows. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, it’s the first study to examine population trends in colorectal cancer since 1990, just a few years after colonoscopy screening for those over 50 became widespread. …

Cancer death rate drops but lung cancer remains biggest killer
8 years, 6 months ago

Cancer death rate drops but lung cancer remains biggest killer

Dutch News  

The number of men dying from cancer in the Netherlands has gone down by one third since the 1990s, while deaths among women are down one third since the 1950s but has now leveled off, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS. The number of cancer-related deaths among men peaked in the 1980s, and since then many …

Cancer death rate drops but lung cancer remains biggest killer
8 years, 6 months ago

Cancer death rate drops but lung cancer remains biggest killer

Dutch News  

The number of men dying from cancer in the Netherlands has gone down by one third since the 1990s, while deaths among women are down one third since the 1950s but has now leveled off, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS. The number of cancer-related deaths among men peaked in the 1980s, and since then many …

Colon cancer in people under 50 on rise, diagnosed at advanced stage
8 years, 9 months ago

Colon cancer in people under 50 on rise, diagnosed at advanced stage

Hindustan Times  

Colon cancer among those aged under 50 is on the rise, and is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, finds a study presented on Tuesday. The rise of colon cancer among young people comes even as the overall rates of the disease have been declining in recent years. This rise among young people comes even as overall colon cancer rates …

Cancer death rate continues to drop, thanks to science
9 years, 2 months ago

Cancer death rate continues to drop, thanks to science

CNN  

Story highlights More than 1.7 million cancer deaths were averted between 1991 and 2012 Decline driven by decreases in death rates for lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancers because of better treatment, lifestyle changes CNN — How often do we get to report good news in the war on cancer? “Part of the decline in cancer mortality rates is because …

Most cancers are in our world pandemic preventable – here’s how
11 years, 1 month ago

Most cancers are in our world pandemic preventable – here’s how

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN conditions expert Dr. Otis Brawley is the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, a world-renowned cancer expert and a practicing oncologist. He is also the author of the book “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America.” Story highlights Aging and population growth are behind a reported cancer increase Cancer …

Disparties in Colorectal Cancer
13 years ago

Disparties in Colorectal Cancer

Huff Post  

Last week, just before the start of National Colorectal Cancer Month, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine made news for a finding most people probably assumed we already knew. In fact, during the 30-year period when the risk of death from colon cancer among all Americans dropped 42 percent, African Americans experienced only an 18 percent decline …

32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy: US
14 years, 8 months ago

32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy: US

The Independent  

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