China and India face huge cancer burden: experts
n a major report, published in The Lancet Oncology, more than 40
specialists warn that Asia's big two emerging giants are facing huge
economic and human costs from the disease.
In China, cancer now accounts for one in every five deaths, ranking
second only to cardiovascular disease as the most common cause of
mortality, according to the study.
Sixty percent of cancer cases in China are attributable to "modifiable
environmental factors," including smoking, water contamination and air
pollution, it said.
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