Study Predicts 75% Surge in Cancer Deaths Over 25 Years

Yearly deaths from cancer could rise by nearly 75 per cent in the next 25 years to 18.6 million with a country's economic growth and an increasingly ageing population being major driving factors, according to a global study published in The Lancet journal.

- Press Trust Of India

New cases of cancer are estimated to increase by 61 per cent to 30.5 million in 2050.

Researchers also estimated that since 1990, deaths from cancer increased 74 per cent to 10.4 million and new cases more than doubled to 18.5 million in 2023, with majority of those living in low and middleincome countries affected.

India was found to see a jump of 26.4 per cent in cancer rates between 1990-2023 among the highest in the world. China was found to see a fall in rates by 18.5 per cent.