Higher Cancer Risk Found in Post-Boomer Generations, American Cancer Society Study Reveals (Connecting the Dots: The American Cancer Society, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Research!America, CDC, FDA & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Epoch Times
By
Chase Smith 8/3/2024 Updated: 8/3/2024
A
new study led by researchers at the American
Cancer Society indicates that Generation X and
Millennials in the United States face a higher risk of developing several types
of cancer compared to older generations.
The
study, published
in The Lancet Public Health journal this week, analyzed cancer incidence and
mortality data from 23,654,000 patients diagnosed with 34 types of cancer and
mortality data from 7,348,137 deaths for 25 types of cancer from Jan. 1, 2000,
to Dec. 31, 2019.
To
compare cancer rates across different generations, the study calculated
incidence and mortality rate ratios for specific birth cohorts, adjusting for
age and period effects. The cohorts were defined by five-year birth intervals,
ranging from 1920 to 1990.
The
findings suggest that cancer incidence rates have risen in successively younger
generations for 17 of the 34 cancer types studied, including
breast,
pancreatic, and gastric cancers.
“These
findings add to growing evidence of increased cancer risk in post-Baby Boomer
generations, expanding on previous findings of early-onset colorectal cancer
and a few obesity-associated cancers to encompass a broader range of cancer
types,” Dr. Hyuna Sung, lead author of the study, said in a press
release alongside the study.
“Birth
cohorts, groups of people classified by their birth year, share unique social,
economic, political, and climate environments, which affect their exposure to
cancer risk factors during their crucial developmental years. Although we have
identified cancer trends associated with birth years, we don’t yet have a clear
explanation for why these rates are rising.”
The
study found that mortality trends also increased in conjunction with the
incidence of liver (female only), uterine corpus, gallbladder, testicular, and
colorectal cancers.
The
analysis revealed that the incidence rate for eight of the 34 cancers was
approximately two to three times higher in the 1990 birth cohort than in the
1955 birth cohort.
Some
of the cancers that have a higher incident rate for the 1990 birth cohort
compared to the 1955 birth cohort include pancreatic, kidney, and small
intestinal cancers in both males and females and liver cancer in females.
Incidence
rates also increased in younger cohorts for nine other cancers, including
estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer, uterine corpus cancer, colorectal
cancer, non-cardia gastric cancer, gallbladder cancer, ovarian cancer,
testicular cancer, anal cancer in male individuals, and Kaposi sarcoma in male
individuals.
Ahmedin
Jemal, senior vice president of surveillance and health equity science at the
American Cancer Society, said that “without effective population-level
interventions ... an overall increase in cancer burden could occur in the
future, halting or reversing decades of progress against the disease.”
“The
data highlights the critical need to identify and address underlying risk
factors in Gen X and Millennial populations to inform prevention strategies,”
Jemal said.
The
study suggests that the increase in cancer incidence among younger generations
may reflect changes in exposures during early life or young adulthood.
These
include potential carcinogenic factors related to lifestyle, diet, obesity, and
environmental exposures. Ten of the 17 cancers with increasing incidence are
obesity-related, indicating a potential link between obesity and emerging
cancer trends.
The
study’s authors call for more research to investigate the mechanisms
contributing to heightened cancer incidence and the development of
interventions that align with the social and cultural contexts of younger
generations.
They
emphasize that effective prevention strategies are essential to mitigating the
future cancer burden.
Connecting
the Dots:
John R. Seffrin was
the CEO for the American Cancer Society and is a director at Research!America.
Herbert Pardes is
a director at Research!America and a director at Autism
Speaks.
Susan Dentzer is
a director at Research!America and a
director at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue
Committee, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and
is Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in-law.
John Edward Porter was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
is the chair for Research!America.
Mark B. McClellan was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is
a director at Research!America.
Gary M. Reedy is
a director at Research!America, and the CEO for the American
Cancer Society.
Daisy M. Soros is George
Soros’s sister-in-law and a leader’s council member for the Breast
Cancer Research Foundation.
Barbara Walters is
a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
and a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a friend of Barbara Walters, a friend
of Henry A. Kissinger and the founder for the Bloomberg
Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the International Rescue
Committee.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Susan Dentzer is
a director at the International Rescue Committee and a director
at Research!America.
John R. Seffrin is
a director at Research!America and was the CEO for the American
Cancer Society.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, an overseer at
the International Rescue Committee, a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Robert Jeffrey is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank)
and
was
a board member for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Resources:
Past Research
Memorial
and Honor Giving? (Past Research on the American
Cancer Society)
Wednesday,
June 7, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/06/memorial-and-honor-giving.html
Smaller
Bites – Barbara Walters (Connecting the Dots: Barbara Walters, Michael
Bloomberg, Arianna Huffington, Henry Kissinger, Daisy Soros, Andrea Soros &
George Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Daisy Soros & the Breast Cancer Research Foundation)
Saturday,
December 31, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/12/smaller-bites-barbara-walters.html
CDC
Director Announces Organization Changes for Faster Response to Health Threats
(Connecting the Dots: CDC & Soros Funded Think Tanks) (Past Research on the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC))
Thursday,
August 18, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/cdc-director-announces-organization.html
Autism
Rates Surge: Beyond Genetics and Diagnosis (Connecting the Dots: The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Autism Speaks & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on Autism Speaks
& Research!America)
Sunday,
October 13, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/10/autism-rates-surge-beyond-genetics-and.html
FDA
Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods (Past Research on the FDA)
Sunday,
May 10, 2015
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