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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(12):846-848; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.12.846
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 12, 846-848, June 18, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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Predicting the Future: Projections Help Researchers Allocate Resources

Christine Theisen

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In April, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the World Cancer Report, announcing that cancer rates could further increase by 50% to 15 million new cases in the year 2020. "We have the opportunity to stem this increase," said Paul Kleihues, M.D., director of the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer and co-editor of the report. "Action now can prevent one-third of cancers, cure another third, and provide good, palliative care to the remaining third who need it."

How can the WHO predict what cancer rates will be in 17 years? And why is Kleihues confident of the percentage of cancers that could be prevented and cured? Organizations such as the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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