Cancer on track to be the number 1 killer

[Kingdom]

Good timing by Yahoo! during Jimmy V week. But shit, double the number of cases of cancer... in 2030? We should all meet back in this thread in 2030 to see if this held true.

ATLANTA – Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said in a report released Tuesday. Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be a huge reason for the shift, particularly in China and India, where 40 percent of the world's smokers now live.

So is better diagnosing of cancer, along with the downward trend in infectious diseases that used to be the world's leading killers.

Cancer diagnoses around the world have steadily been rising and are expected to hit 12 million this year. Global cancer deaths are expected to reach 7 million, according to the new report by the World Health Organization.

An annual rise of 1 percent in cases and deaths is expected — with even larger increases in China, Russia and India. That means new cancer cases will likely mushroom to 27 million annually by 2030, with deaths hitting 17 million.

Underlying all this is an expected expansion of the world's population — there will be more people around to get cancer.

Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says - Yahoo! News

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Maybe the ultimate test of the S3F jinx? I wonder if you can jinx cancer....

[missionhockey21]

So how does this work, I just stick the word "cancer" onto the banner somewhere and I become Dr. Mission: Cancer Killin' Man? It would be nice if the jinx worked like that.

Seriously though, cancer is a ****ing bully. Someone should teach it a lesson. Super scientists, I am looking at you.

[Kingdom]

Jon Lester retires from pitching to beat cancer as a scientist. In 2025.

[Kingdom]

Either that, or Tim Tebow steps on cancer and it goes away.

[Kingdom]

Maybe the ultimate test of the S3F jinx? I wonder if you can jinx cancer....

You can. That one B list actor dude wished cancer on Roger Ebert.

[DirtyKash]

We should all meet back in this thread in 2030 to see if this held true.

I'm sure that Hollywood Leo will remind us with a timely thread bump.

[Kingdom]

True.

If not, you or mofo.