We are facing into a global 'tidal wave' of cancer.
That's the view of the World Health Organisation, which has predicted of a 75 per cent increase in incidents of the disease over the next twenty years. The agency has also called for the introduction of restrictions on alcohol and sugar.
Fourteen million people are diagnosed with cancer every year currently, but experts have warned that that figure is set to swell to 24 million by 2035.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have predicted the crisis will come about due to longer life expectancies and the global population. They warned that the costs of treating cancer are spiraling out of control, and it is not a problem we cannot "treat our way out of".
Lung cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer account for the highest number of diagnoses each year.
The WHO has predicted that as many as half of the expected 24 million cases by 2035 could be prevented, calling for governments to step up and tackle smoking, obesity and drinking habits.
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