Cancer deaths to double by 2030: study
17:56, 2 June 2010
BEIJING. June 2. KAZINFORM About 13.3 million people will die of cancer a year by 2030, almost double the number in 2008, a World Health Organization cancer research agency said Tuesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.
The research, conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), also indicated that almost 21.4 million new cases of the disease will be diagnosed annually in 2030.
In 2008, 7.6 million people died of cancer and there were an estimated 12.7 million new cases diagnosed, according to the research.
The IARC said the burden of cancer was shifting from wealthier to poorer nations.
Freddie Bray, a scientist in charge of the study, said that in 2008, 56 percent of new cancer cases and 63 percent of cancer deaths occurred in developing countries; Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.
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