WHO: 92% of People Will Be Touched by Cancer, 35 Million New Cases a Year by 2050

A new WHO report warns that 92% of people worldwide will be touched by cancer in some way — not necessarily as patients, but also as family members or caregivers of those diagnosed. The number of new cancer diagnoses could rise to nearly 35 million per year by 2050. The WHO stresses that cancer's impact will increasingly fall on entire families, not just individual patients.