Young adults are experiencing accelerated biological aging across systemic and organ-specific levels, correlating with increased early-onset cancer risk compared with older adults born decades earlier, according to population cohort analyses published in Nature Medicine (June 2026). The findings suggest that biological age, rather than chronological age, may be a superior predictor of cancer risk in younger populations. — Photo by Ayşegül Aytören on Pexels (Pexels License)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
