Global cancer trends over the past three decades show a substantial increase in both new cases and deaths.
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Data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2023 shows that incident cancer cases rose from 467,000 in 1990 to 808,000 in 2010, with the number of new cases increasing by 229.0 per cent between 1990 and 2023.
Cancer mortality also increased steadily during the period.
Deaths rose from 324,000 in 1990 to 526,000 in 2010 and 748,000 in 2020.
By 2023, the global age-standardised mortality rate stood at 114.2 deaths per 100,000 people.
