Mysterious rise in appendix cancer in young people: Disease that killed Designated Survivor star Adan Canto at just 42 has soared 200% in under-50s since 2000

Doctors are warning of a mysterious rise in appendix cancer cases among young adults — after actor Adan Canto died from the disease at the age of 42.

The cancer is very rare, with fewer than 1,000 cases diagnosed in the US every year — equivalent to one to three per million people.

But studies show the disease is starting to become more common, with rates rising 200 percent among under-50s over the last two decades.

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