Cancer will kill 9.6m people this year, experts predict
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from on (#3YPBR)
International Agency for Research on Cancer says a third of new cases are likely to be caused by smoking and obesity
One in five men and one in six women around the world develop cancer during their lifetime, according to the latest figures from the from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). One in eight men and one in 11 women die from the disease.
The rising toll of cancer is clear from the latest global estimates which predict there will be 18.1 million new cases this year and 9.6 million deaths. Four years ago, when the IARC last did the same exercise, there were 14.1 million cases and 8.2 million deaths.
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