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WHO Report Predicting 77% Rise in Cancers by 2050 Ignores ‘Turbo Cancers’ in Young People

by Megan Redshaw, Childrens Health Defense:

The Who’s International Agency for Research on Cancer blamed rising cancer rates on an aging population, along with tobacco, alcohol, obesity and exposure to air pollution.

Story at a glance:

  • The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimates more than 35 million new cancer cases in 2050.
  • This represents a 77% increase from the estimated 20 million cancer cases that occurred in 2022.