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Key messages on incidence, survival, mortality, risk factors (causes) and a summary table of the statistics for teenage and young adult cancer are given here.
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More comprehensive information and statistics for teenage and young adult cancer is here: incidence, mortality, survival, risk factors and diagnosis and treatment.
The latest statistics available for teenage and young adult cancer are; incidence 2008-2010, mortality 2008-2010, and survival 2001-2005. Source years are specified in the statistics table. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.
- 'Teenage and young adult' (TYA) refers to 15-24 year-olds, inclusively.
- TYA cancer includes all malignant tumours (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer), and all benign/uncertain brain, other central nervous system [CNS] and intracranial tumours.
- TYA cancer bridges the gap between paediatric and adult oncology, with a wide spectrum of cancers being diagnosed in this age group.
- TYA cancers can be grouped into ten types:
- Leukaemias
- Bone tumours
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Miscellaneous malignant neoplasms not elsewhere classified
- Unspecified malignant neoplasms
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- Cancer is relatively rare in TYAs, accounting for less than 1% of cancers at all ages (excluding benign/uncertain brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours).
- In the UK, around 2,200 TYAs are diagnosed with cancer every year.
- Lymphomas are the most common group of cancers in TYAs.
- Lymphomas, carcinomas and germ cell tumours collectively account for more than half of all cancers diagnosed in 15-24 year-olds.
- The incidence rate of TYA cancer in the UK has increased by around a fifth since the mid-1990s.
Read more in-depth teenage and young adult cancer incidence statistics.
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- Survival for TYA cancer is improving.
- More than 80% of TYAs diagnosed with cancer in the UK survive for at least five years.
- Nearly all TYAs diagnosed with .
- Survival is significantly lower in TYAs than in children for several cancer types. Factors relating to diagnosis, different treatment protocols and low levels of participation in clinical trials may explain some of the differences.
Read more in-depth teenage and young adult cancer survival statistics.
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- Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in TYAs in the UK, accounting for 8% of all deaths in males and 14% of all deaths in females aged 15–24 (excluding benign/uncertain brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours).
- Around 310 TYAs die from cancer each year in the UK.
- Brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours are the most common cause of cancer death in TYAs.
- The death rate from TYA cancer in Great Britain has almost halved since the mid-1970s.
Read more in-depth teenage and young adult cancer mortality statistics.
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- Excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation increases risk of melanoma in TYAs.
- Human papillomavirus infection nearly always precedes development of cervical cancer.
- TYAs who have undergone treatment for a previous cancer have a higher risk of developing a second cancer.
- Some TYA cancers are thought to be linked to growth and hormonal factors during puberty.
- Delayed exposure to common infections may be linked to Hodgkin lymphoma in TYAs.
- Some TYA cancers are linked to certain genetic syndromes, such as Li Fraumeni, familial adenomatous polyposis and neurofibromatosis type 1.
Read more in-depth teenage and young adult cancer risk factors.
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| TEENAGE AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER STATISTICS | Males 15-24 |
Females 15-24 |
Persons 15-24 |
Country | Year3 |
| Number of new cases per year1 | 1,147 | 1,067 | 2,214 | UK | 2008-2010 |
| Incidence rate per million population2 | 270.2 | 263.6 | 267.0 | ||
| Number of deaths per year1 | 188 | 125 | 313 | UK | 2008-2010 |
| Mortality rate per million population2 | 44.4 | 31.0 | 37.9 | ||
| Five-year survival rate | 81.4% | 84.4% | - | UK | 2001-2005 |
1. Average of the last three years, including benign, uncertain or unknown behaviour brain, CNS and intracranial tumours 2. European age-standardised 3. Latest statistics available
More detailed teenage and young adult cancer statistics can be found using these links: incidence, survival, mortality and risk factors.
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