Tag: JAMA
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Why Cancer Death Rates Are Falling for Young Adults—Except for One Type
What the new study shows A recent study from the American Cancer Society, published in JAMA, analyzes national mortality data to understand how cancer deaths are changing among younger adults. The takeaway is hopeful: death rates from most cancers are trending downward for people under 50. Yet the research also flags one cancer type that…
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Cancer Death Rates Decline for Young Adults — Except for One Type to Watch
Key findings from the latest ACS study A new study from the American Cancer Society analyzed national mortality data to examine cancer deaths among younger adults. The headline is cautiously hopeful: overall cancer death rates are falling for most people in late adolescence and early adulthood. Yet the report flags a striking exception that experts…