Cancer deaths to rise by 75% in next 25 years; ageing among driving factors: Study

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.

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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 1