Monday, July 07, 2025

Surging Cancer Rates in Young Australians Alarm Doctors | ABC NEWS

Jul 7, 2025 | Australians in their 30s and 40s are facing unprecedented rates of at least 10 types of cancer, according to data provided to Four Corners by Cancer Australia.

Between the years 2000 and 2024, early onset prostate cancer increased by 500 per cent, pancreatic cancer by 200 per cent, liver cancer by 150 per cent, uterine cancer by 138 per cent and kidney cancer by 85 per cent.