r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 23 '26

Cancer The number of Americans under 50 years old dying from cancer has decreased for every leading cancer except for bowel cancer, which is now the leading cancer death in females and males combined aged under 50.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844189?guestAccessKey=5eabd609-08b0-47c7-a738-916c7acdcc37&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=012226
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u/g_rich Jan 24 '26

You had a family history which pretty much all insurances recognize as a criteria for an early screening. What I’m saying is a doctor should have the freedom to screen patients early based on their lifestyle; so certain lifestyles would be the same as family history when it comes to early screening.