These 17 cancers are on the rise in younger generations [Video]

Several cancers may be affecting millennials and Gen-X more than they did baby boomers, according to a new study based out of the U.S.

The study, published in The Lancet this month, found that 17 of the 34 most common cancers diagnosed between the ages of 25 to 84 are on the rise in younger people. More than half of the cancers are linked to obesity, consistent with the rise in childhood obesity among recent generations. Without proper intervention, the study’s authors warned that the burden of cancer as younger generations age could not only impact those diagnosed, but also caregivers and society as a whole.

The rise in cancer rates was particularly evident in millennials born around 1990. The number of new cancers of the small intestine, kidney and pancreas was two to three times higher in people in their mid-30s than in boomers — specifically those born around 1955. 

Other trends identified in the …