Cancer reaches highest mortality rate of middle-aged in rich nations ahead of cardiovascular disease
Human colon cancer cells with the cell nuclei stained red and the protein E-cadherin stained green. E-cadherin is a cell adhesion molecule and its loss signals a process known as the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in which cells acquire the ability to migrate and become invasive. This image was originally submitted as part of the 2015 NCI Cancer Close Up project and selected for exhibit. https://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=9867
A recent report, published in The Lancet Journal, has described modifiable risk factors and mortality rates of heart disease in individuals across 21 countries. The data demonstrates wealthy nations can more effectively treat heart disease, meaning cancer has reached the highest mortality rate in those aged 35–70 years.A multinational research group, led by a team at McMaster University (ON, Canada), has presented a study that describes how cancer now has the highest mortality rate in middle-aged, wealthy countries. The report, published in The Lancet Journal, analyses data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study and evaluates differences in the...
