Lancet: Cancer deaths to rise by 75% in 25 yrs

Yearly deaths from cancer could rise by nearly 75% 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.

- PTI

New cases of cancer are estimated to rise by 61% to 30.5 million in 2050.

Researchers estimated since 1990, deaths from cancer increased 74% 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.