Generation X and Millennials in the United States, brace yourselves for some startling news from researchers: your generations have a higher risk of developing cancer compared to older ones.
In a study led by the American Cancer Society, a research team analyzed birth cohorts in five-year intervals from 1920 to 1990 to estimate the incidence rates of 34 different types of cancer. The results published in the journal Lancet Public Health revealed a troubling trend: 17 types of cancers, including breast, pancreatic, and gastric cancers, are rising in successively younger generations. The mortality rates for cancers along with the incidence of cancers such as liver in females, uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and colorectal also continue to rise.
