Cancer prevention specialists issued a stern warning here on Saturday that the world is experiencing a rising cancer trend in the next 20 years.

Jordanian Princess Ghida Talal addresses the International Conference of Asian and Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP) in Istanbul, Turkey, April 3, 2010. The fifth International Conference of APOCP opened in Istanbul on Saturday. Cancer prevention specialists issued a stern warning during the conference that the world is experiencing a rising cancer trend in the next 20 years. The global burden of cancer is estimated to approximately double between 2008 and 2030 from 12.4 million new cases per year to round 26.4 million, according to a cancer report from the conference. (Xinhua/Chen Ming)

More than 3000 specialists and decision makers from about 70 countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and the United States attended the 5-day long conference.

The report said that a majority of this increase will occur in the more developing countries where the health services are least able to cope with the challenge. This inequality is highlighted by the markedly lower cancer survival rates in these regions.

Prof. Murat Tuncer, President of Asian and Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, said at the conference that the Asia- Pacific region encounter more than 60 percent of all cancer cases in the world.

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