Cancer is projected to surpass heart disease as the number one medical cause of death in the world by 2010 according to a report by the World Health Organization.

Despite recent good news in the U.S. that cancer deaths and incidence are down (see https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/7533/), the global cancer rates could more than double by 2030, fueled by smoking and tobacco use in emerging high-population nations including China and India. Global cancer deaths this year will hit 7 million according to the report's projection. Diagnoses are aided by advancements in technology and efforts to improve healthcare access.

The report was completed in 2003 and provides perhaps our best global view of cancer rates. Read more at:

http://www.iarc.fr/en/Publications/PDFs-online/World-Cancer-Report

Read about the American Cancer Society's global efforts:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/NWS_0.asp

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