Cancers in younger adults are on the rise. Why?

Veda Giri of the Yale Cancer Center explains what research is telling us about the alarming uptick in cancers among younger adults.

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The medical community is noticing a rise in cancer diagnoses for adults under 45 — up nearly 80% since 1990. Dr. Veda Giri, division chief for Clinical Cancer Genetics and co-director of the Early Onset Cancer Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center, explains what the research is telling us about this alarming uptick.

For more information, visit the Yale Cancer Center’s Early Onset Cancer Program.