As Rates of Some Cancers Increase in Younger People, Researchers Search for Answers - Cancer Currents Blog

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As Rates of Some Cancers Increase in Younger People, Researchers Search for Answers
05/14/2025
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As diagnoses of colorectal, breast, and other cancers continue to climb in people under age 50, researchers are trying to understand what’s behind this phenomenon. Is it environmental exposures, genetics, lifestyle? The culprits, they say, remain unclear.

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