Changing profiles of cancer burden worldwide and in China: a secondary analysis of the global cancer statistics 2020

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 134; no. 7; pp. 783 - 791
• Main Authors: Cao, Wei, Chen, Hong-Da, Yu, Yi-Wen, Li, Ni, Chen, Wan-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 17.03.2021; Office of Cancer Screening, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; Colorectal Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Incidence; Liver Neoplasms; Male; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Original; Registries; China; Cancer incidence; Cancer mortality; Worldwide; China; Changing profile; GLOBOCAN 2020

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, but its burden is not uniform. GLOBOCAN 2020 has newly updated the estimates of cancer burden. This study summarizes the most recent changing profiles of cancer burden worldwide and in China and compares the cancer data of China with those of ot...