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28,000 individuals diagnosed with Cancer in Sri Lanka in 2018
A total of 28,000 patients were diagnosed with cancer in Sri Lanka last year, a study by the Health Promotion Bureau revealed.
Issuing a press release, the Bureau claimed that cancer related deaths were ranked as the second most common cause of deaths last year.
The organisation also said that 18.1 million cancer patients were identified across the world last year alone. It added that this figure is predicted to rise to 29.5 million per annum within the next 20 years.
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Your Sunday Times highlights for this week
Read this week’s Sunday Times for your interesting articles including the ’’5th Column’’.
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Rs 30 million worth tabs and mobiles left behind at duty free shop
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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