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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Metro elders most prone to cancer risk
NEW DELHI: One in 13 men and one in 11 women in the national Capital run the risk of developing cancer by the time they turn 64. The probability is more acute by the time they reach 74, when one in seven men and one in eight women become susceptible to the disease.

In other metros like Mumbai and Kolkata, one in 19 men and one in 14 women run a similar risk before their 64th birthday. However, while one in 10 men and one in nine women in Mumbai face the possibility of suffering from cancer by the time they are 74 years, the risk is faced by one in 10 men and women in Kolkata.

Read more@ TOI
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 5:08 AM

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