Global Cancer Rates Could Rise 50% by 2020

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Global rates of cancer could rise 50% to 15 million new cases per

year by 2020, but one third can be cured and one third prevented by

curbing infections and through lifestyle changes, according to a

cancer report released on Thursday.

 

For the remaining third " we can certainly do something for quality

of life if pain management is adequate, " Dr. Bernard Stewart, a co-

editor of the World Cancer Report, told a news conference.

 

Once considered a " Western " disease, cancer now affects and kills

more people in the developing world than in industrialised nations.

In many countries, it accounts for more than one quarter of all

deaths.

 

The report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer

(IARC), which is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO), calls

for action to stem smoking, improve diet and physical activity and

prevent infections, to curb the disease that kills six million

people worldwide each year.

 

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