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Vietnam among countries with highest cancer fatality rates globally
Thu, 21 January 2021
Vietnam has been named among the countries worldwide with the highest rate of cancer fatalities and new cancer cases, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Statistics compiled by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), last year saw Vietnam climb seven places to rank 92th out of 185 surveyed countries in terms of cancer rates.
This comes following a period when number of cancer patients rose, with figure reaching 165,000 cases in 2018 compared to just 68,000 back in 2000, and 126,000 in 2010.
Most notably, the five most common kinds of cancer typically occur in the lung, liver, stomach, rectum, and breast.