Cancer among younger Americans is on the rise, new study shows

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open has highlighted a concerning trend of increasing cancer rates among younger Americans, particularly women. The study showed that cancers among people under 50 have slightly increased overall, with the largest increases seen in the 30 to 39 age group. Gastrointestinal, endocrine, and breast cancers were climbing at the fastest rates. 

The senior author of the study, Assistant Professor Daniel Huang from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Senior Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Adult Liver Transplantation Programme, National University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, was cited in the reports.

• CNN, 16 August 2023, Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
  

• Forbes, 16 August 2023, Cancer rates among Americans Under 50 Are Slightly Rising, New Study Finds
  

• New York Post, 17 August 2023, Cancer cases are rising among younger Americans: ‘alarming’ trend
  

• Yahoo! News, 18 August 2023, New study shows significant rise in cancer rates among young AAPIs
  

• Xinhua, 17 August 2023, Cancers among younger Americans under 50 on rise: study
  

• Next Shark, 17 August 2023, New study shows significant rise in cancer rates among young AAPIs
  

• WebMD, 17 August 2023, Cancer rates rise among people under age 50
  

• The American Journal of Managed Care, 16 August 2023, Early-onset cancer incidence in the US increased through 2010s
  

• Healthline, 17 August 2023, Cancer rates on the rise for people under 50, here’s the groups affected
  

• NewsNation, 17 August 2023, 17 August 2023, Researchers find increase in younger people diagnosed with cancer
  

• The Philadelphia Tribune, 17 August 2023, Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
  

• Chief Healthcare Executive, 17 August 2023, More cancers found in those under 50, with women seeing higher increases
  

• The Messenger, 17 August 2023, Cancer rates are going up in those under age 50
  

• CGTN America Youtube, 17  August 2023, Study finds increase cancer cases in younger Americans
  

• KazInform, 17 August 2023, Cancers among younger Americans under 50 on rise: study
  

• Newsday, 16 August 2023, Cancer rate among those under age 50 ‘increased substantially’ from 2010-2019, report finds
  

• Star Tribune, 16 August 2023, Cancer among younger Americans is on the rise, new study shows
  

• Staten Island, 17 August 2023, Advance, Cancer rates among younger adults rose last decade, new study shows
  

• Red Lake Nation News, 17 August 2023, Cancer among younger Americans is on the rise, new study shows
  

• The Bulletin, 17 August 2023, Cancer rising among younger Americans, new study shows
  

• Time News, 17 August 2023, Rising rates of cancer among young people: a grim new trend
  

• Science Alert, 17 August 2023, More young people are getting cancer, and we don’t know why
  

• Philly Voice, 17 August 2023, Cancer rates among people in their 30s have risen significantly, study finds
  

育儿有方：如何让孩子吃得好 (Good parenting: How to get children to eat well)

​Dr Tammy Lim, Consultant, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, KTP-NUCMI, NUH, shared about baby-led weaning and what parents should look out for when they adopt this feeding practice. She highlighted that parents and caregivers should ensure that the child’s development is progressing normally before starting on baby-led weaning.

儿童误吞玩具或造成生命危险　但不是每次都必须直奔急诊室 (Children accidentally swallowing toys might be life-threatening but it does not always require visit to the Emergency Department)

Kids swallowing objects: How long does it take for a coin, battery or magnet to pass through?

How long do kids swallowing objects take to pass?

研究：孩童误吞异物 逾八成两周内自然排出 (Study: More than 80 per cent of foreign objects swallowed by children will be excreted naturally within two weeks)

Fussy eater? Your child is not alone

He donated part of his liver for a baby he didn’t know, and found a family in the process

​An article about how Mr Sakthibalan Balathandautham had donated part of his liver to a baby he had never met before mentioned that the organ transplant arrangements and surgery were done at NUH.

Child liver transplant recipient still keeps in touch with doctors 25 years later

​38-year-old Madam Raziah Begum Alamgir shared how her life has transformed since a life-saving transplant at NUH in 1995.  The first successful child liver transplant recipient in Singapore, Mdm Raziah expressed her gratitude to Emeritus Consultant Prof Prabhakaran Krishnan from the department of paediatric surgery, and Emeritus Consultant Prof Quak Seng Hock from the paediatric liver transplantation programme at what is now known as NUCOT, NUH. She feels blessed and continues to keep in touch with the doctors who treated her, highlighting that the procedure gave her a new lease of life.

Tabah hadapi dugaan kesihatan pada usia muda (Persevering in the face of health challenges at a young age)

Berita Harian’s full-page feature on two paediatric transplant patients – Mdm Raziah Begum Alamgir and Ms Dian Zuhairah Wydatie – highlighted how both received successful transplant procedures at a young age at NUCOT, NUH, and have since recovered and gone on to lead fulfilling lives.

துவாழ்வு நரம் உறுப்பு தாளம் (Organ donation gives new life)

​A/Prof Shridhar Ganpathi Iyer, Senior Consultant, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Surgical Director of the Adult Liver Transplantation Programme, NUCOT, said that since the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of people coming forward to donate organs has dropped. He said the average waiting time in Singapore for a kidney transplant from a deceased donor is nine years. NUH patients Satya and Diksha Anand have kidney failure. Diksha had dialysis at NUH Children’s Kidney Centre three times a week for nearly four hours each time. In 2018 when Diksha was 10, she received kidneys from a deceased donor. Satya still undergoes peritoneal dialysis while waiting for a kidney transplant.

• Tamil Murasu Online, துவாழ்வு நரம் உறுப்பு தாளம் (Organ donation gives new life)
  

Mum with colorectal cancer gets new lease of life with son's liver

​A team from National University Health System has successfully conducted a liver transplantation on a Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient whose cancer has spread to the liver. Madam Lim Gek Meng was initially diagnosed at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital in October 2020 and was immediately put on chemotherapy. In July 2022, Mdm Lim successfully underwent liver transplant at National University Centre for Organ Transplantation, in a multicentre initiative involving more than 50 professionals across National University Health System, including National University Hospital and National University Cancer Institute Singapore. This was Singapore's first such transplant and according to current literature, the first in the region. 

The team led by A/Prof Glenn Bonney, Consultant in National University Hospital's Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Adult Liver Transplantation Programme at National University Centre for Organ Transplantation and Division of Surgical Oncology, National University Cancer Institute Singapore, as well as international experts, formulated a set of consensus guideline with 44 criteria to select and manage patients who are candidates for the liver transplant.

Channel NewsAsia cited A/Prof Bonney as saying that he felt privileged to be able to work in a system that can generate such care, where a Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient is able to be cancer-free following the transplant.

Mum with colorectal cancer gets new lease of life with son's liver

​A team from National University Health System has successfully conducted a liver transplantation on a Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient whose cancer has spread to the liver. Madam Lim Gek Meng was initially diagnosed at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital in October 2020 and was immediately put on chemotherapy. In July 2022, Mdm Lim successfully underwent liver transplant at National University Centre for Organ Transplantation, in a multicentre initiative involving more than 50 professionals across National University Health System, including National University Hospital and National University Cancer Institute Singapore. This was Singapore's first such transplant and according to current literature, the first in the region. 

The team led by A/Prof Glenn Bonney, Consultant in National University Hospital's Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Adult Liver Transplantation Programme at National University Centre for Organ Transplantation and Division of Surgical Oncology, National University Cancer Institute Singapore, as well as international experts, formulated a set of consensus guideline with 44 criteria to select and manage patients who are candidates for the liver transplant.

Prof Chng Wee Joo, Director of National University Cancer Institute Singapore, said that the success of the transplant highlighted a new treatment paradigm, where specific patients with Stage 4 colorectal cancer who fulfilled the necessary criteria may be candidates for liver transplantation.

The Straits Times and various media quoted Mdm Lim as saying that she is "terribly grateful to all the doctors, nurses and even admin staff" who have helped her in the last two years".  

• Lianhe Zaobao, 18 September 2022, Page 1, 本地换肝移除第四期结直肠癌细胞首例 阿兵哥捐七成肝救末期癌母脱险 (First living donor liver transplant in Singapore to remove stage 4 colorectal cancer; National serviceman donates 70 per cent of liver to save mother from terminal cancer)
  

• Shin Min Daily, 17 September 2022, Pages 1 & 4, 22岁阿兵哥捐肝 助肠癌母获新生 (22-year-old national serviceman donates liver to save mother from terminal cancer)
  

• Tamil Murasu, 18 September 2022, Page 2, மகனின் கல்லீரல் தாய்க்கு; உறுப்பு மாற்று சிகிச்சை சாதனை (S'pore successfully conducted living liver transplant from mother to son)
  

• The New Paper, 17 September 2022, Singapore conducts region's first living donor liver transplant on stage 4 colorectal cancer patient
  

• Mediacorp 8world, 17 September 2022, 亚洲首例！本地结肠直肠癌末期病患 成功进行活体换肝手术 (First of its kind in Asia! Singapore's patient with terminal colorectal cancer undergoes successful living liver replacement surgery)
  

• Channel NewsAsia, 17 September 2022, 3.15pm, 10pm
  

• Berita Mediacorp, 17 September 2022, Pemindahan hati beri kehidupan baru kepada pesakit barah kolorektal tahap 4 (Liver transplantation gives new life to stage 4 colorectal cancer patients)

• Mediacorp Sethi, 17 September 2022, சிங்கப்பூரில் முதல்முறையாகப் புற்றுநோயின் இறுதிக்கட்டத்தில் இருந்தவருக்குக் கல்லீரல் மாற்று அறுவை சிகிச்சை (For the first time in Singapore, patient with terminal colorectal cancer undergoes liver transplant)
  

• The Star, 17 September 2022, Singapore conducts living donor liver transplant on Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient
  

• Oriental Daily, 17 September 2022, 孝子捐肝救癌母 东南亚首例肝移植治愈晚期结直肠癌 (Filial son donates liver to save mother from terminal cancer; First liver transplant in Southeast Asia to cure advanced colorectal cancer)
  

• China Press, 17 September 2022, 22岁孝子捐肝救癌母-成就首宗移植治愈晚期癌(22-year-old filial son donates liver to save mother from terminal cancer)
  

小毛病大问题：肝硬化 (Body SOS: Liver cirrhosis)

​Mediacorp Channel 8’s health programme, “Body SOS”, featured A/Prof Alfred Kow, Head and Senior Consultant, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, NUH and Senior Consultant, Adult Liver Transplantation Programme, NUCOT, who elaborated on some of the common symptoms and risk factors for liver cirrhosis, as well as precautionary measures.

Health Suites: Greater assurance to be a living donor in Singapore

​A/Prof Shridhar Iyer, Surgical Director & Senior Consultant, Adult Liver Transplantation Programme, NUCOT, shared his views on liver donor transplants. A/Prof Iyer said that deceased donor liver donation is unable to keep up with the growing demand for liver donors, which makes living donor liver transplantation an important alternative, especially in Singapore.