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Why young people are getting cancer

2025/4/2
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Victoria Chamberlain
一位30多岁的癌症患者
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@Sean Rameswaram : 近年来,越来越多的年轻人被诊断出癌症,这是一个不容忽视的事实。我们需要弄清楚原因,并帮助人们应对这一挑战。 @Victoria Chamberlain : 通过与年轻癌症患者的交流,我了解到他们面临的挑战与老年患者不同,例如事业、家庭等方面。这需要我们给予更多的关注和支持。 @一位30多岁的癌症患者 : 癌症诊断对我的职业发展和家庭生活造成了严重的影响。我不得不面对生活规划的巨大改变和损失,这让我感到非常痛苦。癌症也严重影响了我的恋爱和约会,因为我不得不坦诚地面对身体和情感上的变化。即使媒体报道了很多关于年轻人患癌的新闻,被诊断出癌症仍然非常令人震惊。我们必须意识到,癌症不会因为年龄而有所区别,它会随时打断我们的生活和梦想。医疗系统也需要承担起宣传的责任,让更多人意识到年轻人也可能患癌。 @Dylan Scott : 研究数据表明,55岁以下人群患癌的比例正在上升。美国结直肠癌患者中,五分之一的人年龄小于55岁,是1995年的两倍。1990年至2019年间,年轻人癌症发病率总体上升了80%。大约十年前,癌症医生开始注意到越来越多的年轻人患癌。研究数据证实了年轻人患癌率上升的现象。年轻人癌症发病率增加主要集中在消化道,除了乳腺癌。一个人的癌症风险也取决于其出生年份。加工食品的摄入与癌症风险增加有关。环境中的微塑料也可能与年轻人癌症发病率增加有关。年轻人癌症发病率上升是多种因素共同作用的结果,包括饮食、环境、生活方式等。但是,癌症诊断和治疗技术正在取得进展,为癌症患者带来希望。免疫疗法是癌症治疗领域的一个重要进展,它可以减少化疗和放疗的副作用。基因测序技术可以帮助医生为患者选择更有效的治疗方案。 @Kate Zickel : 我在29岁时被诊断出乳腺癌,34岁时复发。免疫疗法让我能够继续生活。虽然我患有转移性乳腺癌,但这并不意味着立即死亡。医学技术的进步为癌症患者带来了希望。我鼓励人们关注自身健康,及时就医。临床试验对于癌症治疗至关重要,我们需要更多的资金投入来支持这些试验,因为这关系到无数人的生命和希望。 supporting_evidences Victoria Chamberlain: 'But there were all these really dynamic conversations going on between the people talking about how to live while they're going through this.' 一位30多岁的癌症患者: 'My son was 18 months when I was diagnosed. Obviously, like, I need to work in order to keep my child in daycare because I'm not able to physically take care of him.' Dylan Scott: 'The Wall Street Journal ran an analysis last year of National Cancer Institute data, and the way they put it was one in five new colorectal cancer patients in the U.S. is under 55, which is twice the rate that we saw in 1995.' Kate Zickel: 'Were it not for the advances in medical technology that have happened just in the last five to 10 years, I may not be here.'

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The podcast explores the rising trend of young adults (under 55) being diagnosed with cancer. Studies show a significant increase in cancer rates among this demographic, particularly colorectal cancer, with some cancers doubling in incidence since 1995. Doctors have anecdotally noticed this increase for about a decade.
  • Increase in colorectal cancer among young adults (doubled since 1995)
  • Overall 80% increase in cancer rates among young people between 1990-2019
  • Doctors started noticing the trend about a decade ago
  • Studies confirm higher cancer rates among young people

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It’s not just Dwyane Wade, James Van Der Beek, and Kate Middleton; younger and younger people are getting cancer more and more. Vox’s Dylan Scott lays out what we know, and Kate Zickel explains how she survived cancer with hope intact.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast

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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade speaking about his cancer diagnosis on the Today Show. Photo by Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images.

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