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Risk of Dying of Cancer Increases

September 17, 2010

HAVANA TIMES, Sept. 17 — The real risk if dying of cancer in Cuba increased by 78.21 per cent between 1970 and 2006, revealed an investigation published by the Revista Cubana de Salud Pública magazine. According to the study, the increase could be directly related to the continuous aging of the island’s population, reported IPS.


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