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IT IS GENERALLY UNAPPRECIATED HOW BIG A HEALTH PROBLEM CANCER PRESENTS WORLDWIDE - A CHALLENGE THAT IS GROWING. Each year cancer is newly diagnosed in 9 million people worldwide and it causes 5 million deaths. It is second to cardiovascular disease as a cause of death in developed countries, and overall causes 10% of all deaths in the world. It is usually regarded as a problem of the developed world, but more than half of all cancers are seen in the three-quarters of the world’s population who live in developing countries.

40 million of these deaths are preventable

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