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Cancer prevention recommendations of the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research
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Ages 15-19 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010
Figure 3. Ages 15-19 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010. Cancer incidence rates per million among adolescents age 15 to 19 years by world region are the following: In Sub-Saharan Africa, leukemia: 19; lymphomas, 27; central…
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Ages 0-14 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010
Figure 2. Ages 0-14 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010. Cancer incidence rates per million among children age 0 to 14 years by world region are the following: In Sub-Saharan Africa, leukemia: 12.5; lymphomas, 9.8; central…
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Press Release: American Cancer Society Launches Global Cancer Atlas To Empower Nations to Reduce their Cancer Burden
New tool released in partnership with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control ***Global cancer data reveals both challenges and opportunities*** MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With the number of global…
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World Cancer Day 2016
By Stacy Simon Thursday, February 4th is World Cancer Day, when organizations and individuals around the world unite to raise awareness about cancer and work to make it a global health priority. Every year more than 8 million people die…
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Rising Cancer Rates in Low and Middle Income Countries Threaten Economic Stability
By David Sampson The rising cost of treating and caring for a growing number of cancer patients threatens economic development in low and middle income countries (LMICs), making prevention a key element of health care plans, according to a new…
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Study Finds High Proportion of Advanced Breast Cancers in sub-Saharan Africa
By David Sampson In one of the first studies of its kind, a new report finds a large majority of breast cancers in Cote d’Ivoire and Republic of Congo are detected only after they’ve become advanced. The study, by American…
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Key Insights Into Achieving World Cancer Day’s Four Goals
“Not Beyond Us.” That is the tagline for World Cancer Day this year, which is Wednesday, February 4 – it is meant to promote “a positive and proactive approach to the fight against cancer, highlighting that solutions do exist across…
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Weight Linked to Nearly 500,000 Cancers Worldwide
By Stacy Simon, Senior News Editor, American Cancer Society This is an excerpt from an article originally published on cancer.org December 5, 2014. An international team of researchers estimates that 481,000 new cancer cases each year (3.6%) are likely caused…
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The Cancer Atlas Reveals the International Burden of Cancer
By Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD, Vice President, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society This is an excerpt from an article originally published on the Expert Voices blog on cancer.org December 3, 2014. The American Cancer Society has released the second edition…
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Cancer Atlas Press Conference Details
The press conference has now ended. View the press release. The American Cancer Society hosted a press conference during the 2014 World Cancer Congress to officially launch the just-released Cancer Atlas book and website. The press conference was Friday, Dec. 5,…
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