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With changing lifestyles, Asians are expected to suffer more from cancer in the future. (Nikkei Montage/Getty Images and Reuters)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As Asians become wealthier, lead more sedentary lives and adopt unhealthier habits, there are predictions that cancer cases will keep rising. How well are the region's medical facilities equipped to face and treat such a cancer tide?

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