The increase in breast cancer rates among younger patients is occurring as the incidence of other early-onset cancers — including colorectal, gastric, kidney and liver cancer — is also on the rise, though cancer among patients under 50 is still relatively rare overall, Dr. Partridge said.

Women are now being diagnosed with cancer more often than men in certain age groups, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. Among adults aged 50-64, cancer rates are slightly higher in women, and women under 50 are almost twice as likely as men in the same age group to receive a cancer diagnosis.

Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released Cancer Statistics, 2025, the organization's annual report on cancer facts and trends. The new findings show the cancer mortality rate declined by 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States,

The cancer burden in the United States is shifting towards women and younger people, a new American Cancer Society study released Thursday shows, with disease rates in one group—women aged 50 to 64—surpassing those of men for the first time.

The risk and incidence of cancer among people under 50 is also on the rise, according to American Cancer Society.

The American Cancer Society's annual cancer trend report shows cancer mortality is decreasing but cancer rates are increasing in young adults and women.

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