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World Cancer Factsheet [1]

Cancer is a leading cause of disease worldwide. An estimated 12.7 million new cancer cases occurred in 2008. Lung, female breast, colorectal and stomach cancers accounted for 40% of all cases diagnosed worldwide. In men, lung cancer was the most common cancer (16.5% of all new cases in men).

Publication Date: 
27/08/2012
International Agency for Research on Cancer [2]
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Cancer [3], Women [4], Diagnostic Methods [5], Lifestyles [6], India [7], Global [8], Tobacco [9], Alcoholism [10], Statistics [11], Lung Cancer [12]
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