[Comment] Global cancer burden: progress, projections, and challenges

00:00 - 24 Sep 2025

Estimates of cancer burden and comprehensive analyses of cancer trends, risk factors, and future projections are important for effective policy and planning. In The Lancet, the GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators report the cancer burden for 47 cancer types and groups in 204 countries and territories in 1990–2023 with projections to 2050.1 The most recent data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2023 were used to estimate outcomes including cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and the cancer burden attributable to 44 behavioural and other risk factors.