Morning Briefing

"The number of people with cancer is set to surge by more than 75 percent across the world by 2030, with particularly sharp rises in poor countries as they adopt unhealthy 'Westernized' lifestyles," according to a study published Friday in the Lancet, Reuters reports (Kelland, 5/31). "If current population trends continue, the number of people with cancer worldwide will go up to 22.2 million by 2030, up from 12.7 million in 2008," CNN's "The Chart" notes, adding, "Cases are expected to surge in poorer parts of the world, which are ill-equipped to handle the burden" (5/31).