{"id":232092,"date":"2025-04-03T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hunt-for-answers-to-rising-cancer-cases-among-people-under-50-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:05:24","slug":"the-hunt-for-answers-to-rising-cancer-cases-among-people-under-50-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-hunt-for-answers-to-rising-cancer-cases-among-people-under-50-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for answers to rising cancer cases among people under 50 | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QzvQcfGvPCY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The hunt for answers to rising cancer cases among people under 50 | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QzvQcfGvPCY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Since the early 1990s, cancer rates in 25 to 49-year-olds in the UK have increased by 24%.<\/p>\n<p>According to new analysis by Cancer Research UK, shared exclusively with ITV\u2019s Tonight programme, almost 35,000 under 50s are now diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 6,000 younger adults die each year, and bowel cancer is one of the fastest-rising cancers in the under 50s.<\/p>\n<p>So scientists at King\u2019s College London are searching for answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the early 1990s, cancer rates in 25 to 49-year-olds in the UK have increased by 24%. 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