Biological aging might help to explain the rising risk of early-onset cancer

Nature Medicine, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04517-0

Cancers have risen rapidly in younger adults in recent generations. Analyzing large population-based cohorts, we found that recent generations exhibited signs of faster biological aging than older ones, and that systemic and organ-specific aging markers were associated with an increased risk of early-onset solid cancers.