This article provides a status report on the global burden of cancer worldwide using the GLOBOCAN estimates of cancer incidence and mortality produced by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, with a focus on geographic variability across 20 world regions. There will be an estimated In both sexes combined, lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer Lung cancer is the most frequent cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among males, followed by prostate and colorectal cancer for incidence and liver and stomach cancer for mortality.
Among females, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death, followed by colorectal and lung cancer for incidence , and vice versa for mortality ; cervical cancer ranks fourth for both incidence and mortality. The most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death, however, substantially vary across countries and within each country depending on the degree of economic development and associated social and life style factors.
It is noteworthy that high-quality cancer registry data, the basis for planning and implementing evidence-based cancer control programs, are not available in most low- and middle-income countries.
The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development is an international partnership that supports better estimation, as well as the collection and use of local data, to prioritize and evaluate national cancer control efforts. Keywords: cancer; epidemiology; incidence; survival. Abstract This article provides a status report on the global burden of cancer worldwide using the GLOBOCAN estimates of cancer incidence and mortality produced by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, with a focus on geographic variability across 20 world regions.
