> Breast cancer rates are highest in richer countries where women give birth later in life and have fewer children
> Colorectal cancer, linked to diets with more meet and processed foods in affluent countries, is less deadly when caught early
> Cervical cancer kills more women in countries where the human papillomavirus is common and screening rare
> Live cancer is linked to the hepatitis B and C viruses, more prevalent in nations like China, South Korea and Mongolia
> Lung, Liver and Stomach cancers are deadliest in Western Pacific countries
> Breast and Colorectal cancers are deadliest in Europe
> Prostate and Cervical cancers are deadliest in Africa
> Death rates are down for 14 of the 19 most deadly cancers in the US but globally the disease is rising
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