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Article: Research from University of Heidelberg in the area of lung cancer described.(Report)
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- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- July 14, 2009
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According to recent research from Heidelberg, Germany, "Reliable cancer burden estimates are rarely available from most developing countries where cancer registration is lacking. This study provided estimates on the current and future number of lung cancer deaths in Indonesia, Vietnam and Ethiopia, and Sub-Saharan Africa at large."
"The number of lung cancer deaths was estimated from detailed smoking prevalence data (obtained from surveys among 8,726 rural individuals aged 25-74 years in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia in 2005-2006) and on lung cancer rate estimates among non-smokers. Our estimate for lung cancer deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa is 44,076 in 2005, ...
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