The American Cancer Society said an estimated 20 million cancer cases were newly diagnosed in 2022, and 9.7 million people died from the disease worldwide.AUSTIN, Texas — A new report from the American Cancer Society says cancer rates are expected to continue to increase over the next 25 years.," its annual report on global cancer trends. The report shows that an estimated 20 million cancer cases were newly diagnosed in 2022, and 9.7 million people died from the disease worldwide.
For men, lung cancer is followed by prostate and colorectal cancers for number of cases and by liver and colorectal cancers for number of deaths. For women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading case of cancer death. It is followed by lung, colorectal and cervical cancers.
The report found that in 37 countries, cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women. Every day in 2022, approximately 1,800 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and almost 1,000 women died from it worldwide. The ACS said incidence rates are highest in the sub-Saharan African nations of Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
Meanwhile, on a global scale, only 15% of eligible girls have received the vaccine against the human papillomavirus , which can cause cervical cancer, while only 36% of women worldwide have undergone screening for cervical cancer."Understanding the global cancer burden is critical to ensuring everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer," ACS CEO Dr. Karen E. Knudsen said.