"GENEVA -- Cancer is now the world’s biggest killer, and the number of cases will explode over the next 20 years, warns a new global report compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World Health Organization."
"The 'World Cancer Report,' released on World Cancer Day, finds that there were 8.2 million deaths from cancer in 2012. It predicts that cancer cases worldwide will rise by 75 percent and reach close to 25 million over next two decades.
'The rise of cancer worldwide is a major obstacle to human development and well-being,' says IARC Director Dr. Christopher Wild. 'These new figures and projections send a strong signal that immediate action is needed to confront this human disaster, which touches every community worldwide, without exception.'"
Environment News Service had the story February 4, 2014.
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