Research identifies the most common cancers in teenagers and young adults

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7545.814-e

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Adrian O'Dowd

London

Cancers that disproportionately affect teenagers and young adults and their possible causes have been identified in new research. An analysis of 1.6 million cases of cancer in people aged up to 79 in England, in an eight year period, showed that cancers of the bone and specific types of ovarian and testicular cancers disproportionately affected young people aged between 13 and 24.

The research, presented at last week's international conference on …