New cancer cases in people aged under 50 rose by 79% between 1990 and 2019, researchers have suggested.
There were 3.26 million new cancer diagnoses for under-50s in total, while deaths from the disease in this age range were also up by 27.7% globally – according to the study, which analysed data for 29 cancers in 204 countries and regions for people aged 14-49.
