Cancer Incidence and Mortality Estimates in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Analysis of the GLOBOCAN 2022.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is a leading cause of death in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and up-to-date estimates are essential to guide cancer policy. Using GLOBOCAN 2022 data, we analyzed cancer incidence and mortality across 32 LAC countries, calculated age-standardized rates, and assessed early-onset cancer (diagnosed at ages 15-50 years). Mortality-to-incidence ratios were used as a proxy for survival, joinpoint regression estimated annual percent change, and linear regression evaluated correlation between the Human Development Index and cancer indicators. In 2022, LAC recorded 1,551,060 new cancer cases (age-standardized incidence rate, 186.6 per 100,000) and 749,242 deaths (age-standardized mortality rate, 85.2 per 100,000). Prostate and breast cancers were the most common malignancies, whereas

SUBMITTER: Leite LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12745351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature