Why young people are getting cancer

为什么年轻人会得癌症?

Today, Explained

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2025-04-03

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It’s not just Dwyane Wade, James Van Der Beek, and Kate Middleton; younger and younger people are getting cancer more and more. Vox’s Dylan Scott lays out what we know, and Kate Zickel explains how she survived cancer with hope intact. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade speaking about his cancer diagnosis on the Today Show. Photo by Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • What do James Vanderbeek, Duane Wade, and Kate Middleton have in common?

  • They're all young-ish people who've been diagnosed with cancer.

  • And it's not just famous people, younger and younger people are getting cancer more and more.

  • That's facts.

  • So we here at Today Explained wanted to figure out why and figure out how people are dealing with this.

  • So we sent out our producer, Victoria Chamberlain, to a meetup for young adults with cancer.

  • Victoria, where'd you go?

  • Uh, I didn't go anywhere, Sean.

  • You didn't go anywhere, you failed!

  • The pandemic changed everything, including cancer support groups.

  • So there's one that used to happen in person, and then it shifted to Zoom,

  • so that more people from around the country could go and people who are immune-compromised because they have cancer.

  • Okay, so you hit up a Zoom?

  • I hit up a Zoom with a whole bunch of 30 to 40-year-olds who are in the thick of cancer diagnosis and survivorship.

  • Okay, what Victoria learned coming up on Today Explained.

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