{"id":108674,"date":"2024-09-30T10:13:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T03:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108674"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:13:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T03:13:46","slug":"uva-cancer-center-pushes-for-more-screenings-as-number-of-diagnoses-rise-among-younger-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108674","title":{"rendered":"UVA cancer center pushes for more screenings as number of diagnoses rise among younger Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>The medical lead of UVA Cancer Center&#8217;s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program is pushing for people to get screened.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Entry-content\">\n<p>Cancer prevention and breakthroughs in cancer treatment have helped lower the nation\u2019s cancer death rate, but an annual report by the American Association for Cancer Research found the number of cancer cases is growing, particularly among people under the age of 50.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the 1990s, fewer people are actually dying from cancer \u2026 overall cancer deaths rates are down by one third since 1991, which means that about 4.1 million cancer deaths are happening across the United States,\u201d said Dr. Cynthia Yoshida, the medical lead of UVA Cancer Center\u2019s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program.<\/p>\n<p>Among the progress is a 42% reduction in breast cancer deaths over the past 30 years and, in the past decade, the Food and Drug Administration approved 16 new therapies against breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Cancer deaths are also down because of screening, early detection and improvement in cancer prevention, such as reductions in smoking rates.<\/p>\n<p>But cancer rates are increasing, including for people younger than 50. Researchers cite many factors including unhealthy diets, obesity, chemicals in the environment, antibiotics, sedentary behavior and increased use of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only colorectal cancer that\u2019s rising in young people but also breast cancer, stomach cancer and certain blood cancers,\u201d Yoshida said. \u201cWhat this shows is that GenXers and millennials are going to have higher rates of cancer compared to prior generations and their chance of developing cancer is even higher than their grandparents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To guard against cancer, Yoshida recommended people pay attention to signs or symptoms that can signal cancer and participate in recommended cancer screenings. 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