Research says 44% of men will get cancer
Almost 44% of Dutch men and 38% of women will develop one of 56 different types of cancer at some stage in their lives, says ANP news service quoting a report in a Dutch medical journal.
Researchers calculate that around 30% of all babies will develop some form of cancer before they reach the age of 80.
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