Thursday, May 31, 2007

Cancer to skyrocket in Asia

Cancer expected to skyrocket in Asia (AP)

A nurse prepares a chemotherapy machine at the Cancer Institute of Singapore at the National University Hospital in Singapore, Wednesday April 18, 2007. Smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods , all linked to various cancers, will combine with larger populations and fewer deaths from infectious diseases to drive Asian cancer rates up 60 percent by 2020, some experts predict. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - Asia is bracing for a dramatic surge in cancer rates over the next decade as people in the developing world live longer and adopt bad Western habits that greatly increase the risk of the disease.


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