Cancer to go global - along with globalization and the rising income reality it creates
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 12:19PM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Chart of the day, globalization, healthcare, technology

 

From FT story about advances in cancer treatment.

Me?  I see a fairly scary map that says higher cancer frequency is sure to spread rapidly over next couple of decades as massive global middle class comes online in emerging and developing markets.  

What this map tells me is high rates of cancer come with economic advance, meaning we're looking at a vast global industry within a generation.

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