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Experts Set Plan to Tackle Global Cancer Crisis
Aug. 31, 2008
By Stephanie Nebehay
Cancer specialists set a plan to stem the rise in deaths from cancer by 2020 and ensure that all patients suffering in the late stages of the disease can access painkillers.
The road map laid down by 63 experts and policy-makers includes more screening and early detection programs, especially in poor countries where treatment can be hard to come by.
Tobacco and alcohol consumption as well as obesity levels must be curbed for cancer rates to drop, according to the panel.
© 2008 Reuters
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 2 September 2008
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