Cancer has shaped human history for millennia, from ancient civilizations recognizing its presence to modern breakthroughs transforming treatment and survival. This timeline traces cancer’s journey ...

The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has doubled in population size over the last half-century to 665 million inhabitants today. About 1.5 million new cancer cases and 741,000 cancer ...

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. At present, there are close to 19 ...

Figures. Figure 2.1: Smoking/excess body fatness: Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the ...

Indigenous populations for each country: Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (2018-2019), USA – American Indian and Alaskan Native (2022), Canada - Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit, ...

Age Menarche Older vs younger Hormonal concraceptive use Fertility drug use Age at first birth Older vs younger Having children Before age 20 years Having children ...

Despite decades of decline, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death, accounting for more deaths in 2022 than colorectal (second) and pancreatic (third) cancers combined (Figure ...

Footnote. Climate change impacts cancer control through several different pathways. Polluting human activities have two consequences: (1) climate change and (2) increased exposure to ...

Map 2.1. Proportion (%) of cancer cases attributable to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among females, 2020 ...

Radioiodines, including iodine-131 (exposure during childhood and adolescence) X-radiation, gamma-radiation ...

Footnote. The projection was based on the Global Number of Vapers Estimation from June 2020 and STATISTA data on global revenues in the e-cigarette market from May 2020 assuming at 93% linear ...

Cancer remains a stark example of the deep inequities in health care faced by Indigenous communities. The United Nations reports that over 476 million Indigenous people reside in over 90 countries ...