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‘5,013 Jordanians diagnosed with cancer in 2012’
By JT - Feb 06,2016 - Last updated at Feb 06,2016
AMMAN — The most recent report on cancer in the Kingdom showed that 5,013 Jordanians were diagnosed with the disease out of 7,454 cases registered in the Kingdom in 2012, Health Minister Ali Hiasat said Friday.
In a ministry statement, Hiasat noted that the average of cancer infection in the Kingdom stood at 78.5 per 100,000 of the population. The ministry’s statement came on the occasion of World Cancer Day, celebrated annually on February 4, with this year’s theme being “We can. I can”.
Omar Nimri, head of the National Cancer Registry, said the most common cancers in Jordan are breast, colon, lung and vesica cancers, in addition to lymphoma, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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