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Cancers among young people have almost doubled, says expert (www.swissinfo.ch)

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Cancers in people under the age of 50, previously extremely rare, are on the increase. “They have almost doubled,” says Solange Peters, head of medical oncology at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) in western Switzerland. In her view, this is “an alarming sign”.

“In the over-65s, the number of cases is increasing, but this is due to the ageing of the population,” she told 24 heures newspaper on Thursday. ...

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

If detection is getting better, with emphasis on picking it up early, then it stands to reason that more younger people will be found to have cancer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

what kind of statement is this? Do you think there's loads of people running round with cancer they never know about? Does cancer have no symptoms?

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