Cancers more common in those under 50: should the screening age be lowered?. Currently, being screened for certain cancers (breast, colon, pancreas) is suggested, or even recommended, from the age of 50.
Since these cancers are also increasingly detected in young adults, should these age limits be lowering? Not necessarily, say the researchers. The increase in the number of young adults with cancer is due to a number of factors, including a lack of education, poor health and poor health insurance.