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January  26, 2016—A new  report estimates there were 4.3 million new cancer cases and more than 2.8 million cancer deaths in China in 2015, with lung cancer the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in China. ...

The Hindi version of The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition was launched October 8, 2015. The Hindi translation was made possible with support from UICC and the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Centre. Download The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition in Hindi  (PDF, 62.3 MB)

By David Sampson The rising cost of treating and caring for a growing number of cancer patients threatens economic development in low and middle income countries (LMICs), making prevention a key element of health care plans, according to a new ...

By David Sampson In one of the first studies of its kind, a new report finds a large majority of breast cancers in Cote d’Ivoire and Republic of Congo are detected only after they’ve become advanced. The study, by American ...

Until now, comparable cancer survival data from a large and diverse group of countries was not available. New data from an article published in 2014 in The Lancet by the CONCORD Working Group has changed this, offering survival data for ...

The Russian version of The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition was launched May 21, 2015. The Russian translation was made possible with support from UICC and the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center. Download The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition in Russian (PDF; 5.6 MB)

The Spanish version of The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition was launched April 11, 2015. The Spanish translation was made possible with support from UICC and LALCEC. Download The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition in Spanish (PDF; 73 MB)

The French version of The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition was launched April 10, 2015 at an event in Cote d’ Ivoire, hosted by ALIAM. The French translation was made possible with support from UICC and ALIAM. Download The Cancer Atlas, Second ...

“Not Beyond Us.” That is the tagline for World Cancer Day this year, which is Wednesday, February 4 – it is meant to promote “a positive and proactive approach to the fight against cancer, highlighting that solutions do exist across ...