A worrying rise in cancer rates among South Asian people in the UK has been revealed.
Results of the British Journal of Cancer study, which was carried out in Leicester, show a jump in the number of cases of cancer in South Asians over a decade.
The men's rate increased by 28 per cent and the women's rate climbed by 24 per cent.
This compares to an overall drop in the rates in Leicester's non-South Asians.
Historically, the UK's South Asian population has had fewer cases of cancer than the general population. This study shows that South Asian rates are quickly catching up to those seen in the rest of the UK.
The research also showed a clear age difference. Older South Asians had much lower rates of cancer than the general population - rates in South Asian males aged 50-74 are 45 per cent lower than non-South Asians of the same age.
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