Cancer diagnoses are shifting from older to younger adults and from men to women, according to a report released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.

Breast cancer in particular has been rising faster among women under 50. It is up by 1.4 per cent a year since the mid-2000s, compared to a 0.7 per cent annual rise among older women.

Among adults aged 50-64, cancer rates are slightly higher in women, and women under 50 are almost twice as likely as men in the same age group to receive a cancer diagnosis. The report, released Thursday,

There were a number of “striking trends” related to age and gender in the American Cancer Society’s new cancer statistics report.

The cancer death rate declined by more than one-third over a three-decade period in the United States, though incidence rates for many types of cancer are rising in women and young adults, according to a new report.

Cancer cases are shifting from men to women in the U.S., and from older to younger adults, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.

There is better detection and treatments for cancer these days, and that helps save lives. The American Cancer Society released a new report on Thursday that finds cancer deaths are dropping, but it also found an increase in young and middle-aged women getting diagnosed.