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The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers
INTRODUCTION: Europe is an important focus for compiling accurate and up-to-date world cancer statistics owing to its large share of the world's total cancer burden. This article presents incidence and mortality estimates for 25 major cancers across 40 individual countries within European areas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34560371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2021.07.039 |
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author | Dyba, Tadeusz Randi, Giorgia Bray, Freddie Martos, Carmen Giusti, Francesco Nicholson, Nicholas Gavin, Anna Flego, Manuela Neamtiu, Luciana Dimitrova, Nadya Negrão Carvalho, Raquel Ferlay, Jacques Bettio, Manola |
author_facet | Dyba, Tadeusz Randi, Giorgia Bray, Freddie Martos, Carmen Giusti, Francesco Nicholson, Nicholas Gavin, Anna Flego, Manuela Neamtiu, Luciana Dimitrova, Nadya Negrão Carvalho, Raquel Ferlay, Jacques Bettio, Manola |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Europe is an important focus for compiling accurate and up-to-date world cancer statistics owing to its large share of the world's total cancer burden. This article presents incidence and mortality estimates for 25 major cancers across 40 individual countries within European areas and the European Union (EU-27) for the year 2020. METHODS: The estimated national incidence and mortality rates are based on statistical methodology previously applied and verified using the most recently collected incidence data from 151 population-based cancer registries, mortality data and 2020 population estimates. RESULTS: Estimates reveal 4 million new cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and 1.9 million cancer-related deaths. The most common cancers are: breast in women (530,000 cases), colorectum (520,000), lung (480,000) and prostate (470,000). These four cancers account for half the overall cancer burden in Europe. The most common causes of cancer deaths are: lung (380,000), colorectal (250,000), breast (140,000) and pancreatic (130,000) cancers. In EU-27, the estimated new cancer cases are approximately 1.4 million in males and 1.2 million in females, with over 710,000 estimated cancer deaths in males and 560,000 in females. CONCLUSION: The 2020 estimates provide a basis for establishing priorities in cancer-control measures across Europe. The long-established role of cancer registries in cancer surveillance and the evaluation of cancer control measures remain fundamental in formulating and adapting national cancer plans and pan-European health policies. Given the estimates are built on recorded data prior to the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), they do not take into account the impact of the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-85680582021-11-09 The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers Dyba, Tadeusz Randi, Giorgia Bray, Freddie Martos, Carmen Giusti, Francesco Nicholson, Nicholas Gavin, Anna Flego, Manuela Neamtiu, Luciana Dimitrova, Nadya Negrão Carvalho, Raquel Ferlay, Jacques Bettio, Manola Eur J Cancer Original Research INTRODUCTION: Europe is an important focus for compiling accurate and up-to-date world cancer statistics owing to its large share of the world's total cancer burden. This article presents incidence and mortality estimates for 25 major cancers across 40 individual countries within European areas and the European Union (EU-27) for the year 2020. METHODS: The estimated national incidence and mortality rates are based on statistical methodology previously applied and verified using the most recently collected incidence data from 151 population-based cancer registries, mortality data and 2020 population estimates. RESULTS: Estimates reveal 4 million new cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and 1.9 million cancer-related deaths. The most common cancers are: breast in women (530,000 cases), colorectum (520,000), lung (480,000) and prostate (470,000). These four cancers account for half the overall cancer burden in Europe. The most common causes of cancer deaths are: lung (380,000), colorectal (250,000), breast (140,000) and pancreatic (130,000) cancers. In EU-27, the estimated new cancer cases are approximately 1.4 million in males and 1.2 million in females, with over 710,000 estimated cancer deaths in males and 560,000 in females. CONCLUSION: The 2020 estimates provide a basis for establishing priorities in cancer-control measures across Europe. The long-established role of cancer registries in cancer surveillance and the evaluation of cancer control measures remain fundamental in formulating and adapting national cancer plans and pan-European health policies. Given the estimates are built on recorded data prior to the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), they do not take into account the impact of the pandemic. Elsevier Science Ltd 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8568058/ /pubmed/34560371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2021.07.039 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Dyba, Tadeusz Randi, Giorgia Bray, Freddie Martos, Carmen Giusti, Francesco Nicholson, Nicholas Gavin, Anna Flego, Manuela Neamtiu, Luciana Dimitrova, Nadya Negrão Carvalho, Raquel Ferlay, Jacques Bettio, Manola The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title | The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title_full | The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title_fullStr | The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title_full_unstemmed | The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title_short | The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
title_sort | european cancer burden in 2020: incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34560371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2021.07.039 |
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