WHO Predicts, New Cancer Cases , Will Increase 77% by 2050.<br />According to predictions by the World Health <br />Organization, the number of new cancer cases <br />will reach 35 million globally by the year 2050.<br />Al Jazeera reports that figure is 77% higher than <br />the figure the organization predicted in 2022. .<br />The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer <br />(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco <br />as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.<br />The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer <br />(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco <br />as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.<br />The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer <br />(IARC) cited air pollution, alcohol, obesity and tobacco <br />as key factors contributing to the predicted increase.<br />Certainly the new estimates <br />highlight the scale of cancer today <br />and indeed the growing burden <br />of cancer that is predicted over <br />the next years and decades, Freddie Bray, head of cancer surveillance <br />at the IARC, via Al Jazeera.<br />The IARC's annual report, based on data from <br />185 countries and 36 types of cancer, found that there <br />were an estimated 9.7 million cancer deaths in 2022.<br />The IARC added that approximately one in five <br />people will develop cancer in their lifetime. .<br />According to the IARC, one in nine men and one in <br />12 women will ultimately die from the disease. .<br />The rapidly-growing global cancer <br />burden reflects both population <br />aging and growth, as well as changes <br />to people’s exposure to risk factors, <br />several of which are associated <br />with socioeconomic development. , International Agency for Research <br />on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.<br />The rapidly-growing global cancer <br />burden reflects both population <br />aging and growth, as well as changes <br />to people’s exposure to risk factors, <br />several of which are associated <br />with socioeconomic development. , International Agency for Research <br />on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.<br />Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are <br />key factors behind the increasing <br />incidence of cancer, with air <br />pollution still a key driver of <br />environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research <br />on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.<br />Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are <br />key factors behind the increasing <br />incidence of cancer, with air <br />pollution still a key driver of <br />environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research <br />on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera.<br />Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are <br />key factors behind the increasing <br />incidence of cancer, with air <br />pollution still a key driver of <br />environmental risk factors. , International Agency for Research <br />on Cancer statement, via Al Jazeera
