Going Nuclear Against Rising Cancer Cases
Despite the pandemic, deaths from noncommunicable diseases like cancer have been outpacing deaths from communicable diseases, partly owing to a lack of access to radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries. To account for this epidemiological shift, the world must refocus its attention – and its investment – accordingly.
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VIENNA – Advances in cancer care have yielded enormous benefits and saved millions of lives. Between 2000 and 2015, high-income countries cut cancer patients’ probability of dying from the disease by 20%.