Cancer to become world's biggest killer by 2010

Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, international health experts said today.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2008 - 19:13

Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, international health experts said today.

Rising tobacco use in developing countries will be a huge reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40% of the world’s smokers now live.

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