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Cancer to Surpass Heart Disease as World's Leading Killer
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by Amitjha | December 9, 2008 at 08:56 pm
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This is very shocking finding of WHO , the cancer deaths are going to outnumber the heart related deaths.The important point is the largest number will be from the developing countries, this makes the situation even worse because of lack of medical facilities anf high cost of diagnosis and treatment.By the time the patient is diagnosed of cancer they already reach the final stage.A comprehensive approach on war footing is required to reduce the cost of treatment to save the millions.
By 2010, cancer will be the leading killer in the world, surpassing heart disease, causing more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
Unless new treatments are found, there could be 27 million people with cancer by 2030, and 17 million cancer deaths annually. And, there could be 75 million people living with cancer within five years after diagnosis, according to a new report, 2008 World Cancer Report, released Tuesday by the World Health Organization.
"The burden of cancer is shifting from developed countries to developing nations," Dr. Otis Webb Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said during a teleconference. "And with a growing and aging population, we must take steps to address this problem now."
Last year, there were about 12 million new cases of cancer and 7.6 million cancer deaths reported. Of these, 5.6 million were in developing countries with an estimated 4.7 million cancer deaths.
"The global burden of cancer has more than doubled in the past 30 years," Peter Boyle, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and co-author of the report, said during the teleconference. "Right now, there are 25 million people alive with cancer five years after diagnosis."
Cancer rates are growing in developing countries as people adopt western lifestyles, including smoking, high-fat diets, fast food and less physical activity.
These countries typically don't have the resources to cope with this dramatic increase in cancer. Populations in these countries are expected to grow by 38 percent by 2030. And, these countries will have a high number of older people as populations age, increasing the incidence of cancer.
Smoking is the major avoidable risk for cancer and cancer deaths around the world. Currently, some 1.3 billion people smoke. The true burden of cancers and deaths from smoking are yet to seen. This "smoking epidemic" will be influencing cancer in developing countries for many years, according to the report.
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at 02:34 on December 10th, 2008
The changing life style is biggest threat to our healthy heart, but this story says aomething else....cancer is the biggest threat.
at 02:39 on December 10th, 2008
The growth of cancer in thirdworld is really disturbing, the health care facilities are not ready to cope with the cancer crisis.
at 17:46 on December 10th, 2008
Staggering, the 2030 figures! Forty percent of the world's smokers live in just 2 nations - China and India.
at 17:59 on December 10th, 2008
Should not surprise any one with all the poisons we put out into our environment and all the nasty chemicals we use in our house holds and food, plus the Radioactive waste and test that have have increased the total average radioactivity by up to 300 time since 1945 in some areas.
Cancer will increase for certain.