Anirban Maitra: Just published in CA Cancer Journal: Global cancer statistics 2022

Anirban Maitra, Scientific Director of the Sheikh Ahmed Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared on X:

“Just published in CA Cancer Journal.

Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries.
Lung cancer continues to be the No.1 cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide overall (breast cancer in women).

There were over half a million reported new cases of pancreatic cancer worldwide, and it is responsible for almost 5% of all cancer deaths worldwide. With the exception of unusual outliers, the SIR in both males and females in highest in Europe and Northern America.”

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