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Cancer mortality predictions for 2025 in Latin America with focus on prostate cancer

Silvia Mignozzi, Claudia Santucci, Fabio Levi, et al. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2026 Mar 1;35(2):97-107.

We provided cancer mortality rate estimates for the year 2025 in six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico), focusing on prostate cancer. We extracted mortality data for all cancers combined and the most common sites from the WHO and population data since 1970 from the Unite... Read More

24 Mar, 2026

Variability and social patterning of cancer mortality in 343 Latin American cities: an ecological study

Tania Alfaro, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Dalia Stern, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Feb;13(2):e268-e276.

Understanding between-city variations in cancer mortality is crucial to inform national and subnational cancer prevention strategies. As part of the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) project, we aimed to describe the variability in cancer mortality rates across 343 cities in nine Latin American countries an... Read More

24 Mar, 2026

Cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: an urgent call for improving accessibility and use of preventive services

Tafadzwa Dzinamarira 1 2, Enos Moyo 3, Mathias Dzobo 4, Elliot Mbunge 5, Grant Murewanhema 6 Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2023 Apr 3;33(4):592-597

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, largely attributed to low cervical cancer screening coverage. Cervical cancer is the most common cause of death among women in 21 of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Close to 100% of all cases of cervical cancer are attributable to Hum... Read More

24 Mar, 2026

Comparative examination of breast cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2019: estimates from Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

Kenechukwu Kizito Igbokwe BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 29;14(3):e082492

This study aimed to evaluate the most up-to-date burden of female breast cancer and analyze the leading risk factors in countries and regions in sub-Saharan Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, the incidences of breast cancer increased by 247% in 2019 from 1990, with the highest incidence recorded in Nigeria. The deaths ... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

The Disease Burden and Economic Burden of Cancer in 9 Countries in the Middle East and Africa

Thomas Hofmarcher, Andrea Manzano García, Nils Wilking, Value Health Reg Issues 2023; 37:81–87

The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiological development of cancer in the Middle East and Africa since 2000 and to quantify its current economic impact. Nine countries were studied: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. Inf... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

Unveiling the cancer epidemic in India: a glimpse into GLOBOCAN 2022 and past patterns

Singh K, Grover A, and Dhanasekaran K. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia 2025;34: 100546

..            The five most prevalent cancers affecting both genders collectively account for 44% of cancer burden in India. Notably, females exhibit higher crude incidence (104.5) and crude mortality (64.2) rates compared to males (91.5 and 62.2), based... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across 43 Cancer Registries in India

National Cancer Registry Programme Investigator Group; Prashant Mathur, Krishnan Sathishkumar, Priyanka Das,et al. JAMA Netw Open 2025 Aug 1;8(8):e2527805

Cancer is a significant global health concern, with India ranking second in Asia and third in the world in terms of cancer incidence. Regular monitoring and updates on cancer statistics are vital for assessing the impact and burden of the disease and the effectiveness of cancer control measures. The incidence of 70... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

Burden of female-specific cancers in China from 1990 to 2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Wenhui Ren 1, Xiangyu Guo 2, Zheng Liu, et al. Cancer 2025 Jan 15;131(2):e35712

Breast cancer and reproductive system cancers remain significant public health threats for Chinese women. In 2021, China reported 385.84 thousand incident cases of female breast cancer, followed by cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer. Breast cancer ranked as the primary cause of cancer-related deaths... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

Comparative analysis of cancer statistics in China and the United States in 2024Comparative analysis of cancer statistics in China and the United States in 2024

Yujie Wu, Siyi He, Mengdi Cao,et al. Chin Med J (Engl) 2024 Dec 20;137(24):3093-3100

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jncc.2024.06.005 In 2024, there are an estimated 3,246,625 and 2,510,597 new cancer cases and 1,699,066 and 640,038 cancer deaths in China and the US, respectively. The highest estimated cancer cases are lung cancer in China and breast cancer in the US. The age-standardized incidence ra... Read More

23 Mar, 2026

Cancer survival statistics in China 2019-2021: a multicenter, population-based study

Hongmei Zeng, Rongshou Zheng, Kexin Sun et al. J Natl Cancer Cent. 2024 Jun 22;4(3):203-213

A milestone goal of the Healthy China Program (2019-2030) is to achieve 5-year cancer survival at 43.3% for all cancers combined by 2022. To assess the progress towards this target, we analyzed the updated survival for all cancers combined and 25 specific cancer types in China from 2019 to 2021.  In 2019-2021,... Read More

23 Mar, 2026