It's a sad fact that one in two people in the UK will go on to develop cancer during their lifetime.
This is why Dr Michael Mosley says it's important to do all we can to boost our chances against the disease.
The journalist and presenter says cancer is normally seen as affecting older age groups, but new research by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in America has identified a dramatic rise globally in cancers of the breast, colon, oesophagus, kidney, liver and pancreas in the under-50s.
