Cancer expected to be world's top killer by 2010

"This is going to present an amazing problem at every level in every society worldwide," said Peter Boyle, director of the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer. The "unprecedented" gathering of organizations is an attempt to draw attention to the global threat o...

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Published inTimes-news (Hendersonville, N.C.)
Main Author MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hendersonville, N.C Halifax Media Group 09.12.2008
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Summary:"This is going to present an amazing problem at every level in every society worldwide," said Peter Boyle, director of the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer. The "unprecedented" gathering of organizations is an attempt to draw attention to the global threat of cancer, which isn't recognized as a major, growing health problem in some developing countries. "Where you live shouldn't determine whether you live," said Hala Moddelmog, [Susan G. Komen]'s chief executive.
ISSN:1042-2323