
- ONCOLOGY Vol 24 No 7
- Volume 24
- Issue 7
WHO’s IARC: Cancer Diagnoses/Deaths to Double by 2030
Officials at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, part of the World Health Organization, have announced findings from GLOBOCAN 2008, an online resource that provides worldwide estimates of numbers of new cases, and deaths from, cancer for 2008.
Officials at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, part of the World Health Organization, have announced findings from GLOBOCAN 2008, an online resource that provides worldwide estimates of numbers of new cases, and deaths from, cancer for 2008. Based on the data, the IARC estimates that by 2030, nearly 21.4 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed worldwide-mostly in developing countries-and there will be more than 13.2 million deaths, compared with 12.7 million new cases and 7.6 million deaths in 2008.
Articles in this issue
over 15 years ago
Primary Cutaneous and Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomaover 15 years ago
Exploring the Interface Between Cancer and Psychiatryover 15 years ago
Ipilimumab Ups Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Phase III Trialover 15 years ago
Ovarian Cancer Screening Tool, ROCA, Yields Promising Resultsover 15 years ago
Improved Understanding of Peripheral T-cell Lymphomasover 15 years ago
Interpretation of Genome-Wide Association Study Resultsover 15 years ago
Optimizing Treatment Benefit in Older Breast Cancer PatientsNewsletter
Stay up to date on recent advances in the multidisciplinary approach to cancer.