About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.

About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.

  • @maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
    25•10 months ago

    I think the argument they’re making is that detecting that a death is caused by cancer is probably not an advanced affair requiring new diagnostic technology.

    Personally, I think it’s an interesting question, given that it stands to reason that cancer, by the time it has caused death, should be pretty easily detectable in any sort of autopsy.

    • IllecorsEnglish
      8•10 months ago

      A post-mortem is not what most people think of when talking about cancer diagnostics.

      • @lte678@feddit.de
        3•10 months ago

        Well, the article refers to both :)

        I think you’d be right about the “number of diagnoses” statement in the title, but I think the discussion is about the deaths due to cancer, which have also increased and would not have as strong of a correlation for the reasons others mentioned

        • IllecorsEnglish
          5•10 months ago

          But that’s directly related. People used to die when “catching a cold”. We call that lung cancer nowadays. Same thing with many other branches of cancer.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
        8•10 months ago

        Even in the US, autopsies are not always performed. Ima quote WebMD because I’m bone idle:

        Although laws vary, nearly all states call for an autopsy when someone dies in a suspicious, unusual, or unnatural way.

        Many states have one done when a person dies without a doctor present. Twenty-seven states require it if the cause of death is suspected to be from a public health threat, such as a fast-spreading disease or tainted food.

        According to a 2012 DOJ report, only 8.5% of US deaths result in autopsy.

      • @maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3•10 months ago

        I mean sure. But the data is likely comparative and can be looked at just within countries that have been getting autopsies since the 90s.