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Figure 3. Untreated deaths in pain by region, 2016. Of untreated deaths in pain in 2016, 35% or 921,434 deaths were in East Asia and the Pacific; 27% or 714,069 deaths were in South Asia; 22% or 577,758 deaths were…

Figure 2. Breast cancer recurrence and mortality (%) with and without 5 initial years of tamoxifen treatment, 15 years after diagnosis. Among those without 5 years of initial tamoxifen treatment, recurrence was 46% and mortality was 33% 15 years after…

Figure 1. All-sites cancer incidence and mortality rates (excludes non-melanoma skin cancer) in Northern Africa and West and Central Asia, both sexes combined, 2018. Age-standardized rate (world) per 100,000. In Yemen, incidence 76.1 and mortality 57.3. In Tajikistan, incidence 87.3…

Figure 2. All cancer sites combined incidence and mortality rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, both sexes, all ages, 2018. Age-standardized rate (world) per 100,000. In Uruguay, incidence 263.4 and mortality 130.7. In France, Guadeloupe, incidence 254.6 and mortality…

Figure 3a. In low HDI countries, the most commonly diagnosed cancers among males are prostate (20.5%); colorectum (7%); liver (8%); non-Hodgkin lymphoma (6.4%); and Kaposi sarcoma (6.3%). Other sites make up the remaining 51.7% of cancer cases. In medium HDI…

Figure 2. Leading causes of premature mortality (%) (ages <70 years) in South Africa and Japan. In South Africa, the leading causes of premature mortality among those less than 70 years of age are infectious and parasitic diseases (45%), cardiovascular…

Figure 3. Most common infection-attributable cancers worldwide. 35% of all infection-attributable cancers worldwide are stomach cancer; 27% are liver cancer; 24% are cervical cancer; 5% are head and neck cancer; 4% are other anogenital cancer; and 5% are other cancer…

Figure 4. Research priorities by cancer site in number of publications, proportion of US National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding* (2012), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs, 2011). Lung cancer received 6% of NCI funding, had 5,382 publications, and accounted for 24%…

Figure 2. Cancer publications (2002–2013) compared with gross domestic product (GDP) for 31 European countries. In Malta, GDP is 8.5 billion US dollars and 22 cancer papers were published between 2002 and 2013. In Iceland, GDP is 14.6 billion US…

Figure 2. Lifetime risk (%) of a cancer diagnosis in selected European countries, by sex. In Hungary, lifetime risk in males is 39% and lifetime risk in females is 30%. In Ireland, lifetime risk in males is 36% and lifetime…

Figure 3. Trends in incidence rates in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Age-standardized rate (world) per 100,000. Cervical cancer rates in Uganda: 45.8 in 1998-2002; 54.3 in 2003-2007; 49.1 in 2008 -2012. Cervical cancer rates in Zimbabwe: 47.3 in 1998-2002;…

Figure 3b. In low HDI countries, the most commonly diagnosed cancers among females are breast (26.8%); cervix (22.8%); colorectum (5%); ovary (3.7%); and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (3.1%). Other sites make up the remaining 38.6% of cancer cases. In medium HDI countries,…

Figure 4. Five-year age-standardized net survival (%) observed in the available cohorts of cases diagnosed with lymphoid leukemia. In Western Europe, five-year net survival for children with lymphoid leukemia is 89%, based on a cohort of 4348 children. In Oceania,…

Figure 3. Ages 15-19 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010. Cancer incidence rates per million among adolescents age 15 to 19 years by world region are the following: In Sub-Saharan Africa, leukemia: 19; lymphomas, 27; central…

Figure 2. Ages 0-14 years: age-standardized cancer incidence rates (world) per million population, 2001-2010. Cancer incidence rates per million among children age 0 to 14 years by world region are the following: In Sub-Saharan Africa, leukemia: 12.5; lymphomas, 9.8; central…

Figure 1. Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates, 2018. Age-standardized rate (world) per 100,000. In 2018, the lung cancer incidence and mortality age-standardized rates (world) per 100,000 were: Polynesia: 38.1 (incidence), 30.2 (mortality); Micronesia: 37.9 (incidence), 35.5 (mortality); North America:…