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Your body may be older than you think — raising cancer risk

deseret.com · 3hShare

As cancer rates rise in adults younger than 50, research suggests that younger generations may be aging faster biologically than earlier generations did at the same age. And that seems to include higher risk of early onset lung, gastrointestinal, uterine and colorectal cancers. The risk of developing cancer has typically risen with age. But younger adults are increasingly receiving a cancer diagnosis, according to findings of a study led by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. They reported in a news release that “each newer generation appears to face a greater risk than the one before it.” So the team set out to explore whether younger generations “are accumulating biological damage more quickly, causing their bodies to age faster than expected.” If so, why? It’s a question being explored by an international team that besides the university includes Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Cancer Grand Challenges, a global initiative tha

First report: Cancer is rising in younger adults. Faster biological aging may help explain why — sciencedaily.com, 1d