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Rising rates of cancer in young people prompt hunt for environmental culprit
That many of the cancers are gastrointestinal offers clues and could point to microplastics.
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A tide of younger patients poses a challenge for future cancer care, says the writer.
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Anjana Ahuja
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The idea of cancer as predominantly a disease of old age is beginning to creak.
An analysis in 2023 showed that, in the Group of 20 industrialised nations, rates of several cancers are rising faster among the young than the old.
