has long been a disease that many people fear most — it has also long been a condition we associate with older age. But something alarming has been happening over the past three decades.While deaths from cancer continue to decline, younger people — including those who appear healthy and fit — are increasingly getting cancers that used to be the preserve of older age groups.The diagnosis of the with cancer at just 42 reflects a worrying, wider trend: for although early-onset cancers — defined as those that occur in adults between the age of 18 and 49 — account for only a fraction of the total cases, their incidence and death rates are growing significantly worldwide. And worst affected are countries in the developed world, including the UK.
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