Milken Institute的动态

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This is about cancer prevention. We need to be more strategic about this younger population. When I meet a patient, they always want to know why them. Of 34 cans major cancer types that we followed, 17 were on the rise significantly, so sometimes two to three times the rate. In millennials and Gen. X versus baby boomers, what we're seeing now increase in colon cancer is not this massive increase in 40 year olds, this actually happening at 30 year old. That's right. Of those 17 cancers that are on the rise, only 10 of them are actually related to obesity as a risk factor. Which parts are related to obesity? Diet and exercise. Which ones are more related to sun exposure, smoking, microplastics, ultra processed foods, but may have a variation in how they're being consumed or exposed in in younger people today? Why some of the young patient populations are not going through screening journey? We got to ride the technology wave and see what are the better screening options that we can bring. Imagine with a simple blood test, you can screen not even just for colon cancer, for a bunch of other cancers. So if we can take AI and general tests that exist. Map it over with the risks and genomics we can solve for the younger generation. Would be good to figure out pathways for really these young patient population to get access to this innovative technology. Let's get communication education out in the community. Let's make it culturally sensitive. The things that people can do are quite actionable. Don't smoke, reduce alcohol, stay healthy in terms of an active lifestyle. If we can just get people to take up the prevention measures that we know about right now. Then we can further reduce the cancer mortality rate by another 20 to 30%.