Evidence of cancer cells in dinosaur fossils, found in 2003. Scotland In the early 1800s, Scottish physician John Waldrop proposed that “glioma of the retina,” which typically appeared within the eyes ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Map 24.1 All cancers combined (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) incidence and mortality, age-standardized rates (world) per 100,000, in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022 ...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and is likely to become the leading cause of premature death in every country of the world in this century. At present, there are close to 19 ...

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Footnote Indigenous populations for each country: Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (2018-2019), USA – American Indian and Alaskan Native (2022), Canada - Aboriginal (First Nations, ...

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Incidence rates of cancer in children and adolescence by age groups by cancer types, 2001-2010 ...