Feb 3, 2022 · WHO fact sheet on cancer providing key facts and information on figures, causes, risk factors, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, palliative care, WHO response.

Nov 18, 2024 · Between 30% and 50% of cancer deaths could be prevented by modifying or avoiding key risk factors and implementing existing evidence-based prevention strategies. The cancer burden can also be reduced through early detection of cancer and management of patients who develop cancer.

Feb 1, 2024 · Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer. WHO also published survey results from 115 countries, showing a majority of countries do not adequately finance priority cancer and palliative ...

Snapshot of the burden of cancer by populations groups (HDI, WHO or Income Levels)

The IARC Monographs Programme identifies environmental factors that are carcinogenic hazards to humans. The Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) is an interactive platform presenting global cancer statistics, including estimates of the cancer burden for the year 2022 and predictions of the future burden to 2050.

CANCER TODAY enables a comprehensive assessment of the cancer burden worldwide in 2022, based on the GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence, mortality and prevalence for year 2022 in 185 countries or territories for 36 cancer types by sex and age group.

Predict the future cancer incidence and mortality burden worldwide from the current estimates in 2022 up until 2050. Explore which cancers are attributable to key lifestyle and environmental risk factors worldwide. Compare cancer survival between countries and incidence and mortality statistics over time and most recent period.

Feb 4, 2020 · World Cancer Report documents how the cancer burden continues to grow and emphasizes the need for urgent implementation of efficient prevention strategies to curb the disease.

Feb 2, 2024 · Global cancer diagnoses will reach 35 million in 2050, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization – an increase of 77% from the 20 million cases diagnosed in 2022.

The most recent World Health Organization (WHO) mortality statistics have been used in the estimations, as well as up-to-date incidence data from cancer registries in several world regions and specific countries, including in sub-Saharan Africa, the Nordic countries, the Russian Federation, and Australia.