Cancer Rates Declining In Rich Countries, Increasing In Poorer Ones, Analysis Indicates.

“In an analysis that maps the world’s hot spots for cancer, epidemiologist Lindsey Torre found a tremendous heterogeneity in which forms of the disease are most commonly diagnosed in different countries.” One of “the most significant trends...identified is a growing inequality between high-income countries and lower-income countries in cancer diagnoses – with cancer rates declining in high-income countries but rising in lower-income countries.” The findings were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/12/14/global-cancer-hotspots-burden-of-disease-is-shifting-to-developing-world/