According to, World Health Organization (WHO) report 8.8 million people worldwide died from cancer in 2015. That is nearly 1 in 6 of all global deaths. From this total death toll 30-50%of cancers could be prevented. And the estimated total annual economic cost of cancer was 1.16 trillions USD in 2010.
Thus, the global action plan for the prevention and control of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) 2013-2020 mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes said shares the biggest cause of death worldwide.
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