A Chinese runner smokes a cigarette before competing in the 2015 Beijing Marathon. Lung cancer is the deadliest in China. Photo: Getty Images
Breast, colorectal and prostate cancers on the rise in China; liver, stomach cancer among those falling, new research finds
- A review of cancer trends from 1990 to 2017 found that while there had been an increase in a number of cancers in China, others had significantly reduced
- Despite the massive progress China has made in health care since the 1950s, cancer has become the leading killer in the country
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A Chinese runner smokes a cigarette before competing in the 2015 Beijing Marathon. Lung cancer is the deadliest in China. Photo: Getty Images