{"id":7941,"date":"2022-08-17T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2023-04-21T03:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T03:39:48","slug":"common-types-of-cancer-in-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/cancer\/common-types-of-cancer-in-young-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Common types of Cancer in Young Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cancer<\/strong><\/a> as we all know and understand is a condition in which DNA mutations cause abnormal cell-growth or multiplication. Every cell, tissue and organ in the body is vulnerable to either primary cancer (originating there) or secondary cancer (metastasized from cancer in another part of the body).<\/p>\n

Also, cancer does not differentiate between the young and old. Right from children (up to 11 years of age) to adolescents (12 to 17 years of age) to young adults (18 to 39 years) to the middle-aged (40 to 59 years) to seniors (60 to 79 years) and super-seniors (80 years and above), anybody can develop cancer, anywhere in the body. But, some cancers are more common than others in every age-group. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Lifestyle factors which include poor diet and nutrition, substance abuse, obesity and sedentary life; environmental factors which include exposure to toxins and pollutants, and finally genetic factors are the major risk-factors for cancer<\/strong> in almost all age-groups. However, in children (less than 12 years), the environmental and lifestyle factors don\u2019t create that much risk and more often than not, genetic factors are the cause for cancer<\/strong>. Some children have inherited certain genes that can cause abnormal mutations, leading to cancer. In some cases, these mutations are happening right from the time the baby is in the womb.<\/p>\n

The below cancers are common in the age-group of 18 to 39 years.<\/p>\n

Brain & Central Nervous System<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Cancers can develop in any part of the brain, the brain stem which connects the brain to the spinal cord and the spinal cord itself. However, spinal cord tumors are rare compared to brain tumors. There are over 150 different types of brain cancer<\/strong>, yet brain cancer itself is rarer compared to other cancers that affect young adults.<\/p>\n

Symptoms include:<\/strong> daily headaches that don\u2019t go away, changes in one\u2019s vision, hearing, speech and mood, difficulty in balance and walking, numbness, weakness or tingling in the arms or legs, difficulty in remembering, twitching and muscle jerking.<\/p>\n

Breast cancer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Breast cancer is quite rare in this age-group although women in this age-group may have breast lumps that are not cancerous.<\/strong> Even in such a case, it\u2019s good to have a medical examination.<\/p>\n

The most common symptoms of breast cancer are breast lumps or masses that are either hard and painless, or soft and painful. Other symptoms include thickening of the breast skin, changes in appearance of the nipple, swelling or pain in the breast and fluids other than milk leaking from the nipple.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Breast Cancer: Early Signs, Diagnosis and Treatment<\/a><\/div>\n

Lymphomas (non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lymphomas<\/strong><\/a> are cancers that originate in immune cells called lymphocytes.<\/strong> Then they spread to other members of the lymphatic system which includes the spleen, thymus, tonsils, as well as lymph nodes and vessels present all over the body. Lymphoma is again of 2 types:<\/p>\n