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Global Cancer Statistics by Ahmedin Jemal; Freddie Bray; Melissa M. Center; Jacques Ferlay; Elizabeth Ward; David Forman is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Global Cancer Statistics about?

The global burden of cancer continues to increase largely because of the aging and growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors, particularly smoking, in economically developing countries. Based on the GLOBOCAN 2008 estimates, about 12.7 million cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths are estimated to have occurred in 2008; of these, 56% of the cases and 64% of the deaths occurred in the economically developing world. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females, accounting for 23% of the total cancer cases and 14% of the cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cancer site in males, comprising 17% of the total new cancer cases and 23% of the total cancer deaths. Breast cancer is now also the leading cause of cancer death among females in economically developing countries, a shift from the previous decade during which the most common cause of cancer death was cervical cancer. Further, the mortality burden for lung cancer among females in developing countries is as high as the burden for cervical cancer, with each accounting for 11% of the total female cancer deaths. Altho

Who reads Global Cancer Statistics?

Author

Ahmedin Jemal; Freddie Bray; Melissa M. Center; Jacques Ferlay; Elizabeth Ward; David Forman

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)