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Young women are now almost twice as likely to get the disease cancer like young men in the US – but there is no reason why.
New findings show that incidence rates among women under 50 are now 82 percent higher than among men. cancer patients, according to the new report from the American Cancer Society.
The organization noted that the pattern includes an increase in lung cancer, which is now higher in women than in men among those under 65.
The reason for the increase is multiple. Cancer rates among young men declined at the turn of the century and leveled off. However, among women it is climbing. Breast and thyroid cancer are two of the leading types of cancer that lead the increase in women.
“Breast and thyroid cancers account for nearly half of all cancer diagnoses in women younger than 50,” said Rebecca Siegel, lead author of the report and senior scientific director of surveillance research at the American Cancer Society, according to CNN.
There have also been changes in screening practices that may contribute to the results.
“For the first time we’re seeing, if you’re a woman under 65, you’re now more likely to develop cancer than men in the same age group,” Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society, told CNN.
“The other thing is that we’re seeing a change in—at the time of cancer diagnosis—the age at which patients develop cancer.”
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis, and cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. Approximately 2 million people were diagnosed with cancer last year. That number is expected to be similar this year.