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China accounts for 1/4 world's cancer deaths

2010-06-22 10:59

A new study on cancer reveals 20 percent of new infections and 24 percent of deaths worldwide come from China, Outlook Weekly reported.

The latest statistics also reveal just 13 percent of sufferers recover from the disease in China.

China is facing a tough situation combating cancer, a deadly disease on the rise by three to five percent across the world over the past 30 years.

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