Journal article
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Current estimates of cancer burden in individual countries and regions are necessary to inform local cancer control strategies.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate mortality, incidence, years lived with disability (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 28 cancers in 188 countries by sex from 1990 to 2013.
Authors
Fitzmaurice C; Dicker D; Pain A; Hamavid H; Moradi-Lakeh M; MacIntyre MF; Allen C; Hansen G; Woodbrook R; Wolfe C
Journal
JAMA Oncology, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 505–527
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
July 1, 2015
DOI
10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735
ISSN
2374-2437