Tongue cancer in young women skyrockets

By Maureen Dettre
Updated September 28 2020 - 8:01am, first published 7:56am
There's been an in the incidence of tongue cancer in people aged under 45, a study shows.
There's been an in the incidence of tongue cancer in people aged under 45, a study shows.

There's been an alarming rise in the number of young people, particularly women, being diagnosed with tongue cancer, a disease predominantly found in older men with a history of smoking or heavy drinking.

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