Why are more young people getting cancer?
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The Times
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🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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It's one of the world's biggest killers but cancer is usually more associated with people in the later stages of life. While that's still largely the case, increasing numbers of younger people seem to be getting the disease. So what could be behind the rise?
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