Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international study finds

Researchers, who looked at UK, US and Dutch data, say lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives a year

Cases of seven types of cancer have risen sharply among younger people in England, major new research has found, prompting warnings that lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives each year.

The number of people under 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001, while early onset bowel, kidney and uterine cancer diagnoses more than doubled.