Global incidence of childhood cancer by subtype in 2022: a population-based registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancers are an important cause of premature mortality and long-term disability worldwide, yet most global estimates stop at broad diagnostic groups. A clearer picture by subtype and its social determinants is needed to guide the World Health Organization (WHO) target of at least sixty percent survival for all children with cancer by 2030.

Methods

In this population-based registry study, we analysed incidence and mortality data for 185 countries in 2022 using the GLOBOCAN database, and redistributed unspecified tumours according to subtype proportions derived from 670 high-quality population-based registries in Cancer Incidence in Five Continents XII. For unspecified subtype cases, we assumed they most likely belonged to main subtypes and proportionally r

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12554122 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature