Between 2005 and 2015, cancer cases increased by 33 percent, mostly due to population aging and growth plus changes in age-specific cancer rates.

‘In 2015, prostate cancer was the most common cancer in men with 1.6 million cases. Breast cancer was the most common cancer for women with 2.4 million cases.
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The report by Christina Fitzmaurice, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington, Seattle and co-authors estimated cancer deaths using vital registration system data, cancer registry incidence data, and verbal autopsy data. 




Among the report's key findings were:
- Between 2005 and 2015, cancer cases increased by 33 percent, mostly due to population aging and growth plus changes in age-specific cancer rates.
- Globally, the odds of developing cancer during a lifetime were 1 in 3 for men and 1 in 4 for women.
- Prostate cancer was the most common cancer globally in men (1.6 million cases); tracheal, bronchus and lung (TBL) cancer was the leading cause of cancer deaths for men.
- Breast cancer was the most common cancer for women (2.4 million cases) and the leading cause of cancer deaths in women.
- The most common childhood cancers were leukemia, other neoplasms, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and brain and nervous system cancers.
- Limitations of the study include that its estimates depend on the quantity and quality of the data sources available.
The report is published online in JAMA Oncology.
Source-Eurekalert