Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s

JustZ , 10 months ago

Babies are born with microplastics in their organs. We’re fucked.

baked_tea , 10 months ago

Is it not extra cancer but better diagnosis tools?

ApathyTree , 10 months ago

Considering the pollution-saturated world we live in at the moment, it’s very likely both.

The article does mention that more sensitive screenings are partially responsible, but the specific cancers they were looking at are largely digestive or related to obesity/diet and alcohol (but probably a lot of other unsavory shit in our food as well).

There were some demographics for whom the cancer rates fell, but this can likely be attributed to social health campaigns (like anti-smoking).

AttackBunny , 10 months ago

Don't forget women have historically received worse care, than their male counterparts. In addition, since much of medicine/treatments/tests/etc has been tested on men only, there are gap in care for women because the same things may not be true for them as a man.

So, yes, both are probably true, but I think there is a quality of care improvement for part of the population, finally. Even if it's only minor

BarrelAgedBoredom , 10 months ago

It’s the chemicals in the water. Turning the frickin cells cancerous

thepianistfroggollum , 10 months ago

Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, Mandrake? Children’s ice cream!..You know when fluoridation first began?..1946. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way a hard-core Commie works.

FlyingSquid , 10 months ago

Women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence.

agressivelyPassive , 10 months ago

Hardly any cancers grow so slowly, that they would be found decades before they caused symptoms.

For your hypothesis to be true, a cancer would need to be detectable today (but not 20 years ago) in an adult (say, 30), but not cause any symptoms until the 40s or 50s (where cancer cases were "traditionally detected). That’s rather unlikely.