Cancer-causing environmental pollutants can occur naturally (e.g., radon or arsenic) or are man-made (e.g., air pollution from burning fuels), and they can be found in the air, soil, or water. Radon, ...

Effective interventions across the cancer continuum can reduce the burden and suffering from cancer and save millions of lives worldwide.

Proportion (%) of lung cancer deaths attributable to outdoor air pollution, 2021 ...

Global distribution of national cancer control and non-communicable disease plans ...

Proportion (%) of cancer cases attributable to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among females, 2020 ...

Evidence of cancer cells in dinosaur fossils, found in 2003. Scotland In the early 1800s, Scottish physician John Waldrop proposed that “glioma of the retina,” which typically appeared within the eyes ...

The region contributes about 50% of all new cancer cases (9.2 million) and over half of cancer deaths (5.1 million) worldwide each year.

Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in North America. An estimated 2.1 million new cancer cases and 701,000 cancer deaths occur in North America each year. The region contributes almost ...

Northern Africa, Central and West Asia is a diverse region characterized by relatively low but increasing cancer incidence rates. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in both sexes combined in all ...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and is likely to become the leading cause of premature death in every country of the world in this century.

Figures Figure 1.1: Ferlay J, Laversanne M, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer ...