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Stacey A. Fedewa, PhD, on Cancers in Younger Populations: Current Trends

AACR Virtual Annual Meeting 2020 II

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Stacey A. Fedewa, PhD, of the American Cancer Society, discusses the increasing incidence rates of colorectal, breast, kidney, thyroid, uterine corpus, and cervical disease in younger patients. Data show that colorectal cancer is increasing most rapidly, while breast cancer—the most common cancer among young women­­—is rising at a slower pace (Session ED35).



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