Four Corners

Season 65, Episode 23

Episode Title: Generation Cancer

Air Date: 2025-07-07

Overview:

Australians in their 30s and 40s are facing an alarming surge in cancer diagnoses and researchers are scrambling to understand why. From bowel and breast to liver and kidney, aggressive cancers are hitting younger people; they're often detected late, with devastating outcomes. Dr Norman Swan investigates what's behind the change.