Researchers behind the study stress that while the number of cases has surged internationally since 1990, they stablised in the UK between 2010 and 2019.
Researchers said that while genetics were likely to have contributed to the rise, smoking, alcohol consumption and diets high in meat and salt but low in fruit and milk were the"main risk factors".Advertisement
North America, Australasia and Western Europe were the regions with the highest rates of early-onset cancers. "Fortunately, the annual mortality rate from early-onset cancer in the UK has been steadily decreasing, a testament to the outstanding cancer screening and treatment efforts over the past three decades," she added.
Dr Knight said cancer remains"primarily a disease of older age", however"alarming" the findings of the study might seem.
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