Cancer deaths may witness a massive jump of 75% globally in the next 25 years with a new Lancet study estimating there will be 18.6 million cancer deaths and 30.5 million cancer cases in 2050.

The forecasted rise in deaths “are greater in low-income and middle-income countries” than in wealthy nations. According to report, India saw a jump of 26.4 per cent in cancer rates between 1990-2023, among the highest in the world, while China was found to see a fall in rates by 18.5 per cent.

The estimated rise in cancer deaths come from an older population, not cancer becoming deadlier overall, according to the report. The report noted that over half of the new cancer cases and two-thirds of the cancer deaths will be in the low and middle-income countries, including India. The global decline

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