Africa: Cancer Is Costing Brics Economies Billions Each Year

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Premature - and potentially avoidable - death from cancer is costing tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity in a group of key developing economies.

Over two-thirds of the world's cancer deaths occur in economically developing countries, but the societal costs of the disease have rarely been assessed in these settings.

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