Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women in almost 90% of the world's countries.

Each year, 1.8 million people die from lung cancer, the cancer with the greatest number of preventable cancers.

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 ...

Although most cancer survivors are currently concentrated in high-income countries ( Map 31.1 ), the number is expected to grow faster in transitioning countries due to increasing cancer incidence, ...

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

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.

Exposures to numerous potentially modifiable risk factors for cancer vary substantially across and within countries and are often associated with socioeconomic status. Cancer is the second leading ...

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 ...