Report:12 Million New Cancer Cases in 2007
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 12:00 CST
A report by the American Cancer Society estimates 12 million new cancer cases will be reported worldwide by the end of this year.
An estimated 7.6 million people will die of cancer in 2007, the report said.
The group estimates 5.4 million of those cancers and 2.9 million deaths will occur in economically developed countries while 6.7 million cases and 4.7 million deaths will occur in economically developing countries, the ACS said Wednesday in a release.
The projections were based on incidence and mortality data compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The three most commonly diagnosed cancers in men are prostate, lung and colorectal cancer. Among women, they are breast, colorectal and lung cancer.
The burden of cancer is increasing in developing countries as deaths from infectious diseases and childhood mortality decline and more people live to older ages when cancer most frequently occurs, American Cancer Society epidemiologist Ahmedin Jemal said in a statement. This cancer burden is also increasing as people in the developing countries adopt western lifestyles such as cigarette smoking, higher consumption of saturated fat and calorie-dense foods, and reduced physical activity.
Source: United Press International
Related Articles
- Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Enters into a $1.27M Contract with the National Cancer Institute to Develop Multiplex Mass Spectrometric Immunoassays for Detection of Low Abundance Cancer-Related Proteins
- Scientists study cancer cell death
- Steel Is The Cornerstone Of Every Country's Economic Development Plan
- NexGenix Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) at the GTCbio Cancer Drugs Research & Development Conference
- New Research Results Show That Investigational Drug Phenoxodiol Targets Cancer Protein, Causing Cancer Cell Death
- Clinical Trial Results From Cancer Vaccine Being Developed By Generex Biotechnology Subsidiary to Be Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
- Lung-Cancer Test Being Developed
- Last Chance for Breakthrough Cancer Research Developments: 8th Annual Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery & Development Summit, July 17-18, 2006
- Keep Up-to-Date on the Progress of the Most Pronounced Anti-Cancer Drugs in Development for Breast Cancer Treatment
- Study Finds Fewer Cancer Research Deaths
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds