Patterns of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates

nloaded ile incidence and mortality rates for most cancers (including lung, colorectum, female breast, and prosre decreasing in the United States and many other western countries, they are increasing in several veloped and economically transitioning countries because of adoption of unhealthy western lifestyles s smoking and physical inactivity and consumption of calorie-dense food. Indeed, the rates for lung lon cancers in a few of these countries have already surpassed those in the United States and other n countries. Most developing countries also continue to be disproportionately affected by cancers reto infectious agents, such as cervix, liver, and stomach cancers. The proportion of new cancer cases sed in less developed countries is projected to increase from about 56% of the world total in 2008 to than 60% in 2030 because of the increasing trends in cancer rates and expected increases in life expecand growth of the population. In this review, we describe these changing global incidence and mortancy tality patterns for select common cancers and the opportunities for cancer prevention in developing countries. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19(8); 1893–907. ©2010 AACR.