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US Millennials and Gen X Face a Surge in Cancer Risk with 17 Types Showing Significant Increases, Study Reveals Alarming Trend

Researches of American Cancer Society’s unveiled how Generation X and Millennials in The US are at high risk of developing 34 cancers

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Study published in the Lancet Public Health indicates successive rise of cancer risk  in individuals born after 1920

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Researchers analyzed increased Mortality rates in some cancers including liver, uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and colorectal

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Data of 23.6 million cancer patients and 7.3 million deaths spanning from 2000 to 2019 were analyzed to track the cancer trends

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Individuals born in 1990 developed two to three times higher risk of kidney, small intestine, and liver cancers compared to 1955

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Significant rise of 12% for ovarian cancer and 169% for uterine corpus cancer was noticed in the 1990 birth cohort compared to the early ones

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Carcinogenic exposure and following a sedentary lifestyle are some of the factors responsible for rising cancer risk

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The Obesity Epidemic plays a major role coming to the US resulting in nearly 684,000 obesity-associated cancers reported per year

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Adopting healthier lifestyle practices, such as improving diet, increasing physical activity, and regulating sleep patterns, is crucial in mitigating cancer risk

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