Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, says a new study.

The study indicated that at the start of the decade in 2010, total cancer deaths numbered 8.29 million worldwide and new cancer cases were at 18.7 million; the counts by the end of the decade in 2019 represent increases of 20.9 per cent and 26.3 per cent, respectively.