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Cancer risk for under-75 in India 10.6%: UN agency
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The likelihood of an individual developing cancer before the age of 75 is 10.6%, significantly lower than the corresponding rates in the US (34.3%) and Canada (32.2%). Despite this difference, Indians face an equal susceptibility to the risk of death from cancer. According to recent data from the International Agency for Research...
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WHO Predicts New Cancer Cases Will Increase 77% by 2050
WHO Predicts, New Cancer Cases , Will Increase 77% by 2050.
According to predictions by the World Health
Organization, the number of new cancer cases
will reach 35 million globally by the year 2050.
Al Jazeera reports that figure is 77% higher than
the figure the organization predicted in 2022. .
The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco
as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.
The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco
as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.
The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco
as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.
Certainly the new estimates
highlight the scale of cancer today
and indeed the growing burden
of cancer that is predicted over
the next years and decades, Freddie Bray, head of cancer surveillance
at the IARC, via Al Jazeera.
The IARC's annual report, based on data from
185 countries and 36 types of cancer, found that there
were an estimated 9.7 million cancer deaths in 2022.
The IARC added that approximately one in five
people will develop cancer in their lifetime. .
According to the IARC, one in nine men and one in
12 women will ultimately die from the disease. .
The rapidly-growing global cancer
burden reflects both population
aging and growth, as well as changes
to peopleโs exposure to risk factors,
several of which are associated
with socioeconomic development. , International Agency for Research
on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.
The rapidly-growing global cancer
burden reflects both population
aging and growth, as well as changes
to peopleโs exposure to risk factors,
several of which are associated
with socioeconomic development. , International Agency for Research
on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.
Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are
key factors behind the increasing
incidence of cancer, with air
pollution still a key driver of
environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research
on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.
Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are
key factors behind the increasing
incidence of cancer, with air
pollution still a key driver of
environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research
on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.
Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are
key factors behind the increasing
incidence of cancer, with air
pollution still a key driver of
environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research
on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera
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