Why are more young people getting cancer?
In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues. In India too, the age profile of cancer patients is a concern
Ten years ago, Dr Kimryn Rathmell, a kidney oncologist who was then at Vanderbilt University, noticed a startling trend: Many younger patients were coming to her with kidney cancer, including an 18-year-old with metastatic disease, which Rathmell had never seen in someone so young.
