Cancer deaths are declining, but diagnoses are rising especially among younger women
Briefly

"Continued reductions in cancer mortality because of drops in smoking, better treatment and earlier detection is certainly great news. However, this progress is tempered by rising incidence in young and middle-aged women, who are often the family caregivers, and a shifting cancer burden from men to women."
"The American Cancer Society report projects more than 2 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2025 and more than 600,000 people will die. The survey found women are seeing spikes."
"Cancer incidence rates among women under age 50 were 82% higher than their male counterparts in 2021, up from 51% in 2002. Breast cancer in particular has been rising faster among women under 50..."
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