Inside Precision Medicine November 6, 2024
The number of cancer cases worldwide is expected to grow by nearly 77 percent between 2022 and 2050, according to a study by an Australian group. That equals an additional 15.3 million cases in 2050 on top of the 20 million that occurred in 2022. The increase in poorer countries is expected to be much larger. In addition, males had a higher incidence and greater number of deaths in 2022 than females, with this disparity projected to widen by up to 16.0% in 2050.
Global cancer deaths are also expected to rise by almost 90 percent during this period, with 8.8 million more expected in 2050 compared with 2022, in which 9.7 million people died from the disease.
The study...
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