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This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).
Statistics indicate that between the ages of 20 and 50 years, the incidence rate of cancer is higher amongst women whereas after 50 years of age, the incidence rate increases in men. Predictions by the Canadian Cancer Society indicate that with time, there will be an increase in the rates of incidence of cancer for both males and females.
According to the GLOBOCAN 2018 estimates of cancer incidence and mortality produced by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, there were 177,422 new cases of laryngeal cancer worldwide in 2018 (1.0% of the global total.) Among worldwide cancer deaths, 94,771 (1.0%) were due to laryngeal cancer. [20]
Incidence and mortality rates of gastric cancer vary greatly in Africa. The GLOBOCAN system is currently the most widely used method to compare these rates between countries, but African incidence and mortality rates are seen to differ among countries, possibly due to the lack of universal access to a registry system for all countries. [107]
In 2020, there were 4400 cases of breast cancer and 2797 estimated cervical cancer cases. [16] Over 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and more than half of the figure die in Ghana. [17] In 2018, it was estimated that over four thousand cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and about 1800 women could die from cancer. [18]
Murthy stated that alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases annually. “I wish we had a magic cutoff we could tell people is safe,” Murthy said in an interview. “What we do know ...
The Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. The Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries (GTF.CCC) is a research and advisory initiative directed by the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the ...
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