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Are more young people getting cancer?

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Rising Trend of Cancer in Young People

Cancer epidemiologist Professor Helen Collins explains that there has been an unfortunate increase in the number of cancer diagnoses among young people aged 18-49, with a 20% rise observed between 1993 and 2019 in Northern Ireland. Globally, the data suggests an even larger increase, up to 80%, in low and middle income countries within the same age group.

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