NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Cancer wilt be the biggest killer disease by 2015, claiming more lives than AIDS. TB and Malaria put together, reports Xinhua.

This was stated here on Friday by Jan St Jernssward, chief of WHO (World Health Organisation) cancer control programme, who was recently In the country.

He said that there are at present an estimated five million news cases of cancer and three million deaths in the third world. By 2015 tMfere would be 10 million new cases and six million deaths.

He said that contrary to public belief, more cases and deaths occur in the developing world.

He said that in the developed world, cancer was the second leading cause of death and in the developing countries. the third. By 2015 it would be number one .killer world-wide.