Each year, 1.8 million people die from lung cancer, the cancer with the greatest number of preventable cancers.

Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women in almost 90% of the world's countries.

Northern Africa, Central and West Asia is a diverse region characterized by relatively low but increasing cancer incidence rates. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in both sexes combined in all ...

Although most cancer survivors are currently concentrated in high-income countries ( Map 31.1 ), the number is expected to grow faster in transitioning countries due to increasing cancer incidence, ...

Netherlands Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) refined the single lens microscope and was the first to see blood cells and bacteria, aiding the better understanding of cells, blood, and lymphatic ...

The region contributes about 50% of all new cancer cases (9.2 million) and over half of cancer deaths (5.1 million) worldwide each year.

Exposures to numerous potentially modifiable risk factors for cancer vary substantially across and within countries and are often associated with socioeconomic status. Cancer is the second leading ...

Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in North America. An estimated 2.1 million new cancer cases and 701,000 cancer deaths occur in North America each year. The region contributes almost ...

Eighty percent of the world’s smokers live in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The enormous global health and economic burden from tobacco use is increasingly borne by LMIC, due to population ...