By MARILYNN MARCHIONE 2010-08-17T01:29:17Z Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week....
Report: Cancer Is The World's Costliest Disease
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 6:29pm
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