Sunday, October 13, 2024

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)

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)

The Epoch Times

By Chase Smith 8/3/2024 Updated: 8/3/2024

Approximately one-third of cancer deaths are caused by factors such as smoking, high body mass index, alcohol consumption, low intake of fruits and vegetables, and lack of physical activity. Many cancers can be cured if detected early and treated effectively. Freepik

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/higher-cancer-risk-found-in-post-boomer-generations-american-cancer-society-study-reveals-5697828

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

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/05/fda-fails-to-protect-americans-from.html

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