Yüksel Ürün, Medical Oncology Professor at Ankara University School of Medicine, shared a post on X:
“Same disease. Different outcomes. That’s not biology.
Childhood cancer incidence is higher in very high-HDI countries, but mortality is higher in low-HDI settings. By 2050, increases are projected only there.”
Title: Global cancer statistics for children: Two decades of change and projections to 2050
Authors: Wangzhong Li, Shanzhou Huang, Qiyue Chen, Ting Wang, Guanming Lu, Xing Niu, Qiong Song, Yilin Xu, Ke Mo, Chunhui Cui, Run Zhang, Wei Du, Feiying He, Lei Shi, Yan Lin, Qiu Wei, Li Jiang, Yongsheng Chen, Baiyang Song, Huijuan Zhang, Zhenli Fu, Wenjing Liao, Jiancong Sun, Wenhui Guan, Weitao Zhuang, Nanshan Zhong, Chengzhi Zhou, Wenhua Liang, Min Kang, Jianxing He
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