Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease. (Siddhartha Mukherjee)

Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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