News-Medical.Net August 4, 2024
In a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health, researchers assessed cancer incidence and mortality trends in the United States (US).
Previously, the authors reported an increased incidence of eight cancers over time in successively younger birth cohorts in the US. Besides, people born between 1965 and 1980 might have increased incidence rates of all leading cancers combined and specific cancers, such as colorectal, kidney, thyroid, leukemia, and uterine corpus. However, a comprehensive analysis of trends in cancer incidence and mortality by year of birth or birth cohort is lacking for contemporary generations.
About the study
In the present study, researchers analyzed incidence and mortality trends of cancers by birth cohort in the US. They acquired incidence data from...
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