Half a million deaths from cancer because of the global financial crisis

 PARIS (Ina) - Rising unemployment and cuts budgets in the health field as a result of the global financial crisis in 2008, to the high cancer mortality rate to more than half a million people in the world, according to a study published on Thursday. 
According to the study, which is published in "The Journal the Lancet "British medical, and quoted byAgence France - Presse:" there is a link between the recent economic crisis and 260 thousand excess deaths from cancer in the Organization for economic cooperation and development countries between the years 2008 and 2010, including 160 thousand within the European Union. " 
According to the doctor Mahebn Marutabo from the Faculty" Imperial College "in London , who led the research, said : " there are globally more than 500 thousand excess deaths from cancer in that period. " 
he added:" the cancer is the leading cause of death in the world, therefore, understand the impact ofeconomic changes on the chances of recovery is critical. " 
In 2012 , cancer - causing the death of 8.2 million people. 
He explained Marutabo:" We have noticed that the high unemployment rate associated with anincreased cancer mortality rate, but the health insurance protects the population from that , particularly in relation to species treatable , such as breast, prostate and colon cancer . " 
in contrast, cuts in health care could be the cost of loss of life, according to Marutabo. the 
Americans and British researchers used in their study data from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.