India, Sept. 18 -- Cancer is typically associated with older age, but that pattern is changing. A growing number of cancers are being diagnosed in younger adults, raising an urgent question: why are newer generations facing cancer earlier in life?.
According to data from the National Cancer Institute's SEER Program, cancer incidence rates among adolescents and young adults ages 15-39 increased by an average of 0.4% per year from 2014 through 2023.
New research suggests one possible explanation may lie in a phenomenon less visible than chronological age: biological aging.
The study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that younger generations show signs of faster biological ageing than earlier ...