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- Breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the US, except for skin cancer. It's also the second-leading cause of cancer death (after lung cancer).
- Colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is cancer that starts in the colon or the rectum. Some factors that increase colorectal cancer risk include physical inactivity, a diet high in red and processed meats, excess body weight, smoking, alcohol use, and a personal or family history of colorectal cancer or polyps.
- Lung cancer. Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women in the US and the leading cause of cancer death. What you can do. Get screened. The American Cancer Society recommends yearly lung cancer screening with a low-dose CT (LDCT) scan for people who
- Cervical cancer. Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes almost all cervical cancers. HPV is a very common infection that can be spread during skin-to-skin contact with infected body parts, not just during sex.
In 2022, there were around 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 666,000 deaths globally, making it the leading cause of cancer deaths among women (1). In 2022, there were 8.2 million people alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer over the past 5 years (2).
Apr 4, 2024 · The mortality profile in women is more heterogeneous than that of incidence, however, with breast and cervical cancer as the leading causes of cancer death in 112 and 37 countries, respectively, followed by lung cancer in 23 countries (Figure 5B).
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Aug 25, 2021 · Besides being the most common, breast cancer is also the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Globally, breast cancer was responsible for 684,996 deaths [95% UI, 675,493–694,633] at an age-adjusted rate of 13.6/100,000 .
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- Overview
- Why is cancer rising in younger people?
- How to protect against colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer for men under age 50 — and the second deadliest cancer among women in the same age group, behind breast cancer.
The incidence of colon cancer has been rising for at least the last two decades, when it was the fourth-leading cause of cancer death for both men and women under 50.
Among men and women of all ages, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death. Prostate cancer is second for men, and breast cancer is second for women. Colorectal cancer is third, overall, for both sexes.
Even as overall cancer deaths continue to fall in the U.S., the American Cancer Society is reporting for the first time that colon and rectal cancers have become leading causes of cancer death in younger adults. The finding was published Wednesday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Cancer is traditionally a disease among the elderly, although the percentage of new cases found in people 65 and older has fallen from 61% in 1995 to 58%. The decrease, attributed mainly to drops in prostate and smoking-related cancers, has occurred even though the proportion of people in that age group has grown from 13% to 17% in the general population.
In contrast, new diagnoses among adults ages 50 to 64 have increased since 1995, from 25% to 30%.
Doctors do not know why cancer, especially colorectal cancer, is becoming more common in younger adults. Some hypothesize that increasing obesity rates, sedentary behavior and unhealthy diets could be playing roles.
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"But honestly, the patients we're seeing in clinic often do not fit that profile," said Dr. Kimmie Ng, the director of the Young Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "A lot of them are triathletes and marathon runners. I mean, super healthy people."
Ng suspects something in the environment may be behind the rise.
Colonoscopy screening is generally recommended starting at age 45. People with family histories of the illness may need to begin screening earlier.
A person whose parent was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 50, for example, would need to start screening at age 40, Dahut said.
However, only about a third of people diagnosed with colon cancer have some kind of family history or predisposition to the cancer.
Maintaining a healthy body weight and minimizing red meat in the diet may help reduce risk, Ng said.
Signs that could signal a problem, Ng said, include blood in the stool, abdominal pain, unintentional weight loss and changes in bowel habits.
"If it's getting worse, if it's not going away, you know, that's when somebody really needs to start paying attention and talk to their primary care doctor about what's happening," she said.
Jul 9, 2019 · Unlike in the male sex, breast cancer is the leading cause of mortality in women, followed by lung (with trachea and bronchus) and stomach cancers. Notably, colon and rectal cancers altogether (i.e., colorectal cancer) are the second leading overall cause of cancer death as well as the fourth cause of cancer mortality in men and women.
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