-More than 150,000 Canadians are survivors of a cancer diagnosed since 1980 in their young adult years.

-Approximately 10,000 cancers are diagnosed in young adults every year.

-Cancer mortality rates in general fell for young men and women between 1983 and 1999.

-Cancer is the main cause of early death among young adult women.

-Almost two-thirds of young adult cancers occur in young women. Of these, breast cancer is the most common.

-More young women than young men are now diagnosed with, and die from, lung cancer.

-Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men, and its incidence rose between 1983 and 1999.

-Melanoma is the second most common cancer among young adults.

-Increases in incidence are most striking for thyroid cancer in young men and women, lymphoma in young women and testicular cancer.

-Incidence is decreasing among young adults for many preventable cancers.
Young Canadians appear to be increasingly following three main recommendations — avoiding smoking, minimizing sun exposure and having regular Pap tests.