Cancer Cases Worldwide to Jump to 22 Million

 Throughout this article the World Health Organization speaks out about how it is up to our Government to make better use of vaccines and preventative public health policies to fight cancer because treatment alone will not stop this disease. The main objective in this article is that the rate of deaths is only estimated to rise higher due to cancer. The richest countries are being hurt from this cost of cancer, which is harming the economy. In 2010, the total annual economic cost of cancer was estimated at around $1.16 trillion. The article says that almost half of all cancers could be avoided if knowledge about the current cancer preventions were available. Data shows that one in five men and one in six women worldwide will develop cancer before they reach 75 years old, while one in eight men and one in 12 women will die from the disease. Developing countries seem to be the most effected by deaths of cancer due to not enough prevention knowledge available, not being able to detect early side effects and not being able to afford treatment. Governments will need to invest in the better screening programs and early detection in order to stop this increasing deathly disease. This article did a great job at pointing out certain statistics that I was not aware of. I feel that we live in a socially cancer awarded society but still we seem to not be making as much progress as we need to when it comes to making treatment, screening and knowledge of this disease costly available to not just the richest society but worldwide.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/02/03/cancer-cases-worldwide-to-jump-to-22-million/