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Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Cancer cases in younger people seeing global surge, researchers warn

Factors such as obesity and alcohol consumption are contributing to a worrying rise in global cancer cases among younger people, a study suggests.

Researchers estimated there had been a 79 per cent hike in new cases of cancer in those aged under 50 between 1990 and 2019.

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