Drinking, smoking and unhealthy diets have fuelled a doubling in mouth, throat and food pipe cancers in young people. Every year the diseases, known as upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers, kill 10,000 people in Britain and more than 100,000 across Europe. Sufferers include Michael Douglas, 66, who is receiving gruelling treatment for throat cancer. But the cancers are also becoming increasingly common among younger people and researchers … full story