Nature, Published online: 27 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01461-4
High smoking rates and polluted air mean lung cancer cases are rising fastest in places such as China. Africa could soon head in the same direction.
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Global lung cancer burden shifting to middle-income countries
Nature
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 00:00 UTC
By Ben Deighton
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A study published in Nature indicates that the global burden of lung cancer is
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