Global cancer cases could rise 75 pct by 2030

June 1, 2012, 11:46 am by Associated Press Healthwire

LONDON (AP) -- Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because many other diseases are being stamped out and more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked to cancer, international health experts reported....

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