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• Cancer to overtake heart disease as world's biggest killer by 2010  

Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2008-12-09
Author: Daily Mail Reporter

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Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, health experts warned today.

Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be the main reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40 per cent of the world's smokers now live.

According to the new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), cancer diagnoses around the world have been rising steadily and are expected to hit 12million this year.

Rising tobacco use in developing countries will see cancer overtake heart disease as the world's biggest killer, the World Health Organisation report

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