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5,000 new cancer cases diagnosed in Jordan annually
By Petra - Mar 16,2014 - Last updated at Mar 16,2014
AMMAN — Around 5,000 new cases of cancer are registered each year in Jordan, Health Minister Ali Hiasat said on Sunday.
Cancer causes 16 per cent of the total number of deaths in Jordan, he added at a ceremony held by the Jordanian Society for Combating Cancer.
Hiasat called for studying the reasons behind the growing number of cancer cases the region, which he said stand at 100 per 100,000 a year.
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