Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones

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Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones

Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types

Alvin Powell

Harvard Staff Writer

February 20, 2026 4 min read

Tomotaka Ugai, senior author of a new global cancer study.

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer

Six cancer types are rising faster in younger...