CancerConfidential

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There were 12 million new cases of cancer worldwide in 2007 and

about 8 million cancer deaths. The WHO, who we trust, estimates

that at the current rate, the number of new cancer cases will catapult

to 27 million annually by 2030; there will be 17 million cancer deaths

per year and 75 million people living with cancer within five years

after diagnosis.

Also, by 2010, says the report, cancer will become the number one

killer worldwide, outpacing heart disease and causing more deaths

than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.