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Early-onset cancer rising worldwide: Causes, risk, prevention
Reprodução
The numbers are striking. Some cancer rates have doubled in the past 20 years. It's just not yet clear whether we're seeing a rise in actual cases or whether we're seeing more early-stage cases because of better awareness, diagnosis and treatment in hospitals.
Por que isso importa?
It's just not yet clear whether we're seeing a rise in actual cases or whether we're seeing more early-stage cases because of better awareness, diagnosis and treatment in hospitals.
Contexto Rápido
- Take, for example, colorectal (or bowel) cancer: In 2001, about one in every 26,000 people under 50 in England were diagnosed with it each year.
- That's according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), an international network of charities, which analyzed registry data from England, the US and the Netherlands.
- A 2025 study analyzed registry data from 50 countries and territories up to 2017.
Dados de contexto baseados em estatísticas públicas
e levantamentos históricos.
Fonte:
DW Science
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