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Accepting applications until August 1
GBD 2021 Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators Lancet Public Health. 2024 Oct;9(10):e729-e744
Smoking is the leading behavioral risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4·30 billion years of life lost (YLLs) from 1990 to 2021. The pace of decline in smoking prevalence has s... Read More
Goran Bencinaa, Dzhumber Ugrekhelidzeb, Hayley Shoelc. Journal Of Medical Economics 2024, Vol. 27, NO. S2, 41–50
Infections are responsible for 13% of cancer cases worldwide, with human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B (HBV) among the infections associated with cancer for which vaccines are available. The aim of this study was to estimat... Read More
Farhad Islami MD, Emily C. Marlow, Blake Thomson, et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024;74:405–432
The authors estimated the proportion and number of invasive cancer cases (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers) and deaths, overall and for 30 cancer types among adults who were aged 30 years and older in 2019 in the United States,... Read More
Hanna Fink, Oliver Langselius, Jérôme Vignat, Harriet Rumgay, et al. Nature Medicine. Published online: 03 February 2026
We estimated the 2022 global and national cancer burden attributable to 30 such factors, including tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, high body mass index, insufficient physical activity, smokeless tobacco and areca nut, subopt... Read More
Katrina A. B. Goddard; Eric J. Feuer; Jeanne S. Mandelblatt; et al. JAMA Oncol. 2025;11(2):162-167.
The contributions of different interventions across the cancer control continuum was evaluated with primary prevention via smoking reduction (lung), screening for interception (cervix and colorectal) or early detection (breast, ce... Read More
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 combine... Read More
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 varia... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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, K... Read More
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)... Read More
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 burde... Read More