Study predicts dramatic growth in cancer rates among US elderly, minorities

Friday, May 1, 2009 - 11:49 in Health & Medicine

Over the next 20 years, the number of new cancer cases diagnosed annually in the United States will increase by 45 percent, from 1.6 million in 2010 to 2.3 million in 2030, with a dramatic spike in incidence predicted in the elderly and minority populations, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre...

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