Report Released for World Cancer Day Calls for Global Action Against Rising Cancer Rates in Low-and Middle-Income Nations

While cancer deaths in the United States have decreased for the second consecutive year, cancer is rapidly increasing worldwide and low-to-middle income countries are bearing the brunt of the burden. Low- and middle-income countries, where more than 80 percent of the world’s population resides, bear 72 percent of the world’s cancer deaths, according to a new Institute of Medicine report released in advance of World Cancer Day (February 4) entitled Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Four million annual cancer deaths occur in these nations — one million more than deaths from AIDS. Tragically, 70 percent to 80 percent of these cancer patients are incurable at the time of diagnosis. The 326-page study, sponsored by American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, examines the factors contributing to this cancer increase and recommends proven prevention, detection, treatment strategies, and most importantly, a commitment by the global health community to put cancer on the global agenda, which could significantly influence priorities and resource allocations for these nations.

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[Sandy]

28th June 2011 at 8:36 amSunlight may or may not prevent braest cancer, but it certainly causes skin cancer. The Express really shouldn't be telling people to sunbathe for 3 hours a day that's bloody dangerous. Reply

[Vasques]

.Bowel Cancer is cancer that strats as a tumour or growth on the inside wall of the bowel. The risk of developing Bowel Cancer increases with age and rises after the age of 40 and peaks between the ages of 60 and 75.