PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The fight against cancer is shifting as women are now being diagnosed more than men. The American Cancer Society's Cancer Statistics 2025 report shows women under the age of 50 are now being diagnosed with many common cancers at a rate 82% higher than men of the same age. That is up from 51% in 2002. "For Generation X, Millennials, 17 cancers are on the rise — seven of those 17 are obesity related," said ACS Cancer Action Network Volunteer Dr. Bruce Waldholtz. The trend is particularly alarming in breast cancer, which the ACS reports has increased 1% a year over the last decade. The rate is even higher in women under 40 (1.4%) and among Asian American and Pacific Islander women (2.5%-2.7%). "Note your family history. Not everyone has an equal risk of breast cancer," Waldholtz said. "So particularly for people under the age of 50, it's important to talk to your doctor. Keep up with screening test." Early detection of any cancer gives you the best odds at beating it. There are screenings for breast, cervical, colon and lung cancers. To decrease your risk, doctors recommend you move more, drink less alcohol, eat a healthy diet and don't smoke. Lung cancer among women under age 65 surpassed that of men for the first time in 2021. "What's happened is women started to smoke a decade or two later than men, but they also started to quit a decade or two later," Waldholtz said. In addition to the gender gap, the ACS said this new report also shows alarming inequalities persist in cancer death rates. Native Americans and Blacks are twice as likely to die from several types of cancers than Whites.