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Cancer represents a significant
unmet medical need
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Each year, more than 11 million
people around the world are diagnosed with cancer. The World Health
Organization (WHO) projects an increase to 16 million people a year
over the next 15 years
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The majority of cancer patients
die within a short time span. Seven million people die from cancer
every year, corresponding to 13% of all deaths. WHO projects an
increase to 10.1 million by 2020
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Cancer is close to overtaking the
position of cardiovascular diseases as the disease with the highest
mortality rate in the western world
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In the western world the most
common forms of lethal cancer are prostate cancer, breast cancer,
lung cancer, and colorectal cancer