Sentences with phrase «worldwide than cancer»

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Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer worldwide and The American Lung Association estimates more than 158,000 people in the United States will die from the disease this year alone.

More than 520,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, causing around 266,000 deaths.

Every year cervical cancer kills more than 230,000 women worldwide, about 80 percent of them in developing countries.

More than 3.5 million people are diagnosed worldwide with skin cancer each year.

For example, human papillomavirus (HPV) causes almost all of the more than 500,000 annual worldwide cases of cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer accounts for more than 500,000 new cases of cancer and more than 250,000 deaths each year worldwide.

HCC is the main type of liver cancer, accounting for more than 90 percent of cases worldwide.

The WHO study, one of a collection of articles in a special issue of the journal devoted to women's health beyond reproduction, found that the leading causes of death of women aged 50 years and older worldwide are cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) and cancers, but that in developing countries these deaths occur at earlier ages than in the rich world.

There are also more than 600,000 new cases of cancer attributed to HPV each year worldwide.

Long the scourge of Western nations, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases like asthma now kill more people worldwide than all other causes combined.

In fact, approximately 12 % of human cancers worldwide are caused by oncogenic viral infections, with more than 80 % of cases occurring in the developing world.

The hepatitis B virus, which chronically infects more than 240 million people worldwide, causes cirrhosis and is the world's leading cause of liver cancer.

It is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in males worldwide and causes more than 250 000 deaths every year.

In the aggregate, the several forms of lung cancer comprise the most common cause of cancer - related deaths worldwide, with more than 1 million deaths annually.

To date, Professor Metcalf's discovery has benefited more than 20 million cancer patients worldwide.

Heart disease is the main cause of death in virtually most developed countries worldwide, far more than all the cancers combined, resulting in 1 in out of every 3 deaths.

More than 1.4 billion adults, 150 million school - aged children, and 43 million preschool children are estimated to be overweight or obese worldwide (1 ⇓ — 3), substantially raising risk for cardiovascular diseases (4) hyperlipidemia (5), diabetes (5, 6), osteoarthritis (6), sleep apnea (7), depression (8), and cancer (9).

More than 250,000 women worldwide are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, and 140,000 die from it.

Avison Young's Vancouver office raised more than $ 12,000 for Movember, the worldwide moustache - growing charity event that raises awareness and funds for prostate cancer.