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CANCER EPIDEMIC THREATENS LATIN AMERICA (DETAILS)

In Latino on April 26, 2013 at 9:16 am
 CANCER EPIDEMIC THREATENS LATIN AMERICA (DETAILS)Latin America threatened with cancer epidemic (via AFP)

Latin America faces a cancer epidemic unless governments act quickly to improve health care systems and treat the poor, scientists said. The researchers pointed to around 13 deaths for every 22 cancer cases in the region, compared to around 13 deaths for every 37 cases in the United States and around…


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