Cancer survivors teens and young adults may feel they have been saved from a dangerous disease.. However, a new study shows a high risk of developing and dying from new types of cancer in the future..

According to American Cancer Society researchers, these young people need careful monitoring..

“The risk of subsequent primary cancer among cancer survivors has been extensively studied among childhood cancer survivors, but relatively less is known about adolescent and young adult cancer survivors of ovarian cancer,” said lead author Hena Song, a Cancer Society scientist..

These results strongly highlight the need to expand research and strengthen surveillance efforts for subsequent cancers in children and cancer survivors..

For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 170,000 American patients diagnosed with one of 29 types of cancer, ages 15 to 39, between 1975 and 2013.. They all lived five years alive.

Thirty-five years after the initial diagnosis, one in seven survivors developed a new primary cancer, and one in 16 died from a new cancer, according to the study authors.. Compared with the general population, cancer survivors had a 25% higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and an 84% higher risk of dying from cancer..

The researchers found that there is a significant difference between the first type of cancer and the types of subsequent primary cancers, as well as the level of risk, according to Daily MedNews..

Breast, lung and colon cancers in women accounted for 36% of all subsequent cancer cases and 39% of all subsequent cancer deaths. Lung cancer accounted for 11% of all subsequent cancers and 24% of all subsequent cancer deaths.

The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute..

“These results highlight the critical role of providing high-quality post-treatment care to reduce the risk of subsequent cancers,” Sun said.. “Given the younger age at diagnosis, there should often be more opportunities for prevention and early detection of subsequent cancers in this group of survivors.”.

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