Cancer-causing environmental pollutants can occur naturally (e.g., radon or arsenic) or are man-made (e.g., air pollution from burning fuels), and they can be found in the air, soil, or water. Radon, ...

Effective interventions across the cancer continuum can reduce the burden and suffering from cancer and save millions of lives worldwide.

Proportion (%) of lung cancer deaths attributable to outdoor air pollution, 2021 ...

Prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by sex, 2022Males Females ...

Global distribution of national cancer control and non-communicable disease plans ...

Learn about the prevalence of major known risk factors for cancer in populations around the world. Tobacco smoking is the predominant cause of cancer in most high-income countries, while infections ...

Until now, comparable cancer survival data from a large and diverse group of countries was not available. New data from an article published in 2014 in The Lancet by the CONCORD Working Group has ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, a new report finds a large majority of breast cancers in Cote d’Ivoire and Republic of Congo are detected only after they’ve become advanced. The study, by ...

Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with about 2.5 million new cases and 1.8 million deaths in 2022. Overall rates are twice as high in ...