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About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.
Illecors ( @Illecors@lemmy.cafe ) English63•10 months agoI think a lot of it is increase in diagnostic capabilities.
OsrsNeedsF2P ( @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) 37•10 months agoAh yes, the significantly higher diagnostic capabilities of death by cancer
soundoftheunheard ( @soundoftheunheard@lemmy.ml ) 41•10 months agoThis article kind of made a mess of the numbers. At one point it suggests the mortality rate increased, but that’s not what the actual research shows.
From OG article: “Our study showed that the global morbidity of early-onset cancer increased from 1990 to 2019, while mortality and DALYs slightly decreased”
https://bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000049
The vast majority of the raw numbers increasing is because of the word population going from 5.3 billion to 7.75 billion in that same time. The next cause does seem to be diagnostic ability, especially when looking at what cancers saw the biggest increase.
Illecors ( @Illecors@lemmy.cafe ) English7•10 months ago?
maegul ( @maegul@lemmy.ml ) English19•10 months agoI think the argument they’re making is that detecting that a death is caused by cancer is probably not an advanced affair requiring new diagnostic technology.
Personally, I think it’s an interesting question, given that it stands to reason that cancer, by the time it has caused death, should be pretty easily detectable in any sort of autopsy.
Illecors ( @Illecors@lemmy.cafe ) English6•10 months agoA post-mortem is not what most people think of when talking about cancer diagnostics.
lte678 ( @lte678@feddit.de ) 3•10 months agoWell, the article refers to both :)
I think you’d be right about the “number of diagnoses” statement in the title, but I think the discussion is about the deaths due to cancer, which have also increased and would not have as strong of a correlation for the reasons others mentioned
Illecors ( @Illecors@lemmy.cafe ) English4•10 months agoBut that’s directly related. People used to die when “catching a cold”. We call that lung cancer nowadays. Same thing with many other branches of cancer.
ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English4•10 months agoHow many people are getting autopsies in rural Afghanistan or India?
𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 ( @sxan@midwest.social ) 6•10 months agoEven in the US, autopsies are not always performed. Ima quote WebMD because I’m bone idle:
Although laws vary, nearly all states call for an autopsy when someone dies in a suspicious, unusual, or unnatural way.
Many states have one done when a person dies without a doctor present. Twenty-seven states require it if the cause of death is suspected to be from a public health threat, such as a fast-spreading disease or tainted food.
According to a 2012 DOJ report, only 8.5% of US deaths result in autopsy.
maegul ( @maegul@lemmy.ml ) English3•10 months agoI mean sure. But the data is likely comparative and can be looked at just within countries that have been getting autopsies since the 90s.
Scripter_Lizard ( @starship_lizard@programming.dev ) 31•10 months agoI wonder how much of this is actually just the result of better detection and screening processes. Not saying it’s not a problem, but if it’s just because we’re getting better at spotting these things early it might actually be a good thing?
gnygnygny ( @gnygnygny@lemm.ee ) 20•10 months agoPlastics, PFAS, pesticides, chemicals, radiations, all is contaminated not only what you eat but also what you breath. What a surprise !
Nerorero ( @Nerorero@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 10•10 months agoA lot of these people were exposed to unregulated toxic shit in their youth
Nioxic ( @Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•10 months agoSeed oil consumpion…
Its in everything now
And its not real food
BraveSirZaphod ( @BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ) 6•10 months agoWhat I would give for every ‘muh seed oils bruh’ person to actually supply evidence.
Cubic25 ( @Cubic25@aussie.zone ) 4•10 months agoI only read the headline and not the article, so I’m not sure if this was mentioned. Would the main cause be from melanoma caused by UV? Melanoma rates in Australia went through the roof when we had that big ozone hole above our country.
cnnrduncan ( @cnnrduncan@beehaw.org ) English11•10 months agohad that big ozone hole
Not sure if it still reaches Australia but we’ve still got the ozone hole here in NZ - and apparently cancer season is starting early this year thanks to climate change and water vapour from that Tongan volcano last year!