Advisory Board August 5, 2024
Gen X and millennials are at a higher risk of developing certain types of cancers compared to earlier generations, according to a recent study published in the Lancet Public Health.
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Study details
For the study, researchers from the American Cancer Society (ACS) looked at 34 of the most common cancers using data from more than 23 million patients diagnosed with cancer between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2019. The researchers also looked at mortality data from more than 7 million deaths for 25 types of cancers during the same period.
Researchers then calculated incidence rate ratios for each birth cohort, adjusted for “age effect and period effect.”
The researchers found that cancer...
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