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by whatisthiseven 1481 days ago
Yea, because the US population is aging rapidly past 60, when most cancers start to form.

Your premise could easily be explained by "the percentage of the American population over 60 has increased steadily."

See: https://www.statista.com/statistics/457822/share-of-old-age-...

So yea, more total cancers diagnosed, cause old people get cancer.