2+ Million Cancer Cases in USA in 2024; Patients Younger; Prostate Cancer Surges

In the United States, over 2 million patients will be diagnosed with cancer. The six most common cancers are on the rise: breast, endometrial, kidney, melanoma, pancreatic, and prostate. And worse, younger people are increasingly being diagnosed with cancer. What’s behind this surge in cancer afflicting younger generally healthier people? And prostate cancer in males leads the way. Prostate cancer has been on the rise: since 2015, the incidence rises by 3% per annum, mostly driven by 4-5%/year increases for regional and distant-stage diagnoses. Over 50% of men residing in the United States with metastatic prostate cancer first were diagnosed with localized or regional stage disease.

This troubling forecast comes via the American Cancer Society’s latest annual cancer statistics report, released earlier this month.