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Nov 7, 2024, 15:47

Understanding the Global burden of lung cancer: IARC’s research and prevention efforts

“Lung cancer is the most common cancer type and the most common cause of cancer death in the world.

IARC estimates approximately 2.5 million people were diagnosed with Lung Cancer and more than 1.8 million people died of the disease in 2022.

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András Wéber, Researcher at Hungarian Cancer Registry and Center for Biostatistics National Institute of Oncology, shared an article under IARC‘s post:

“Lung cancer mortality in the wake of the changing smoking epidemic: a descriptive study of the global burden in 2020 and 2040

Authors: András Wéber, Eileen Morgan, Jerome Vignat, Mathieu Laversanne, Margherita Pizzato, Harriet Rumgay, Deependra Singh, Péter Nagy, István Kenessey, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Freddie Bray.”

Understanding the Global burden of lung cancer: IARC's research and prevention efforts

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