Better prognoses for four most common types of cancer.. As of: February 20, 2024, 5:43 p.m By 2050, experts suspect that cancer cases will increase by 77 percent.
Around 4.5 million people in Germany are currently living with acute or already recovered cancer, around half of whom have a survival rate of 50 percent or more. Around 35 percent of cancer cases are caused by an unhealthy diet. Known causative factors include genetic predisposition, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, excessive UV radiation and HPV infections.