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Cancer: the number of new cases is expected to increase significantly by 2050

2024-02-01T11:40:41.301Z

Highlights: Some 35 million new cases of cancer are expected to be detected in 2050. Tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution are “key factors in increasing incidence”. “The rapid increase in the global burden of cancer reflects both population aging and growth, as well as changes in people's exposure to risk factors,” according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), citing tobacco, alcohol and obesity as ‘key factors’ in the rise of the disease.


The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) believes that tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution are “key factors in increasing incidence”.


Some 35 million new cases of cancer are expected to be detected in 2050, or 77% more than in 2022, the World Health Organization agency specializing in this disease said on Thursday.

“The rapid increase in the global burden of cancer reflects both population aging and growth, as well as changes in people's exposure to risk factors

,” according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC), citing tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution as

"key factors in increasing incidence"

.

Source: lefigaro

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