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Cancer among under-50 up 79% in 30 years: Study

There has been a 79% increase in new cases of cancer among those in the under-50 age bracket globally in the past three decades, a study published in the British Medical Journal (Oncology) has found. Though the number of such patients went up to 3.82 million in 2019 from 1.82 million in 1990, researchers found that the resultant deaths increased by 28% during the corresponding period.