Abstract
The global cancer market represents the most far-reaching pharmaceutical
market in the world. Asia-Pacific has the highest prevalence in liver cancer.
China is the largest market, with 350,000 patients diagnosed with the disease
in 2006. Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women and accounts for
nearly one in three cancer cases diagnosed in women.
The most common types are prostate cancer, female breast cancer, and lung
cancer and account for more than half of all cancer cases treated with
radiation therapy. Stomach cancer was the fourth most common type of cancer in
the world in 2007, with an estimated one million new cases. More than
two-thirds of new cases have occurred in developing countries.
The report throws light on the different types of cancers, new cases and
deaths. It also analyzes the global radiation therapy and oncology market. It
starts with a discussion of the worldwide diagnosis and therapy equipment
market and then analyzes cancer drugs market. The report also discusses the
major players with a discussion of their key business strategies.
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