In 2011, the global community adopted the Global Action Plan (GAP) for the prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs). The GAP urged countries to set national targets to address ...

In this diverse region with countries at differing stages of the cancer transition, cancers associated with infection, smoking, and excess body weight are all common. In Northern Africa, cancer ...

Understanding the transition from infection-related cancers to lifestyle-related cancers in many low- and middle-income countries is vital for planning tailored cancer control programs to reduce the ...

Figure 2. Productivity losses due to premature deaths from cancer in transitioning economies. For details on inflation adjustment, see Sources and Methods. Brazil, total productivity loss 5 billion ...

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 ...

Breast cancer is the leading cancer type in females in most countries in the world in 2018. (Map 1) About one in twenty females will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, ...

An Overview of Interventions and Potential for Impact: Resource-appropriate, broad application of known interventions in each country can substantially reduce the morbidity and mortality associated ...

Globally, there were an estimated 2.1 million lung cancer cases and 1.8 million deaths in 2018. Incidence and mortality rates vary 20-fold between regions. (Figure 1) The variation is similarly large ...

Limiting carcinogenic exposures in the environment and in the workplace provides an opportunity to reduce the cancer burden, particularly for workers with unacceptably high exposures. Outdoor air ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs (www.monographs.iarc.fr) identify environmental and occupational causes of human cancer. Sometimes called the WHO “Encyclopedia of ...

Policy and legislation are essential to address the burden of cancer globally and locally. The effective use of law to achieve population health goals requires collaboration across sectors. Increase ...

Tobacco use, infectious agents, unhealthy diet, excess body weight, physical inactivity, and alcohol consumption account for the majority of cancer deaths caused by known risk factors. Smoking causes ...