CancerStudy: Cancer Deaths Decline in Europe, but New Cases Rise
By Meredith Melnick | @meredithcm | September 14, 2010 | +Tweet
As cancer treatment gets more sophisticated reebok zig tech, a diagnosis no longer means a death sentence. But while dying of cancer is less likely, a European study finds that the rate of developing cancer is higher than ever. In Europe, cancer diagnoses climbed 20% from 2.1 million new cases in 2002 to 2.5 million in 2008 www.reebokshoesoutlet.net, according to the study published? in the European Journal of Cancer (EJC). Public-health researchers are trying to understand what is causing the increase, pointing to a likely combination of environmental factors (exposure to cancer-causing toxicants, increased radiation) and lifestyle choices (smoking, obesity and inactivity).
Of particular concern was the rise in colon cancer, which now accounts for nearly 14% of all cancer cases in Europe. Since obesity is strongly linked to colon cancer, promoting exercise and reducing excess weight could slow cancer rates, according to a statistical model built by Dr. Esther de Vries from the Department of Public Health at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands reebok zig, in the same special issue of EJC.
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