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In 2008, 63% Of Cancer Deaths Were In Developing Countries
By 2030, cancer could claim the lives of 13.3 million annually, almost double the number of patients who died from the illness in 2008, the U.N.'s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports. The group also "forecast[ed] that in 2030, new cases of cancer would soar to 21.3 million," the news service adds (6/1).
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