The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous efforts to report estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in India and its different parts include the National Cancer Registry Programme Reports, Sample Registration System cause of death findings, Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Series, and GLOBOCAN. We present a comprehensive picture of the patterns and time trends of the burden of total cancer and specific cancer types in each state of India estimated as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 because such a systematic compilation is not readily available.

Methods

We used all accessible data from multiple sources, including 42 population-based cancer registries and the nationwide Sample Registration System of India, to estimate the incidence of 28 typ

SUBMITTER: India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167407 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature