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Officials from the World Health Organization are warning that countries around the globe must take immediate action to prevent an impending “tidal wave” of cancer. In a new report, WHO estimates that the number of cancer cases will increase by 70 percent over the next two decades, and could reach 24 million per year by 2035.
“The global cancer burden is increasing and quite markedly,” Chris Wild, the director of the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, told BBC News. “If we look at the cost of treatment of cancers, it is spiraling out of control, even for the high-income countries. Prevention is absolutely critical and it’s been somewhat neglected.”
The WHO’s new research echoes earlier projections that have also estimated a huge jump in global cancer cases. Of course, this has a direct impact on the increasing number of people dying from these diseases. The cancer mortality rate rose by eight percent in between 2008 and 2012 MOREHERE
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