A recent disease forecasting study — which analysed data from the Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) — has indicated a rise in cancers linked to lifestyle and metabolic factors and a decline in infection-related and tobacco-related cancers.
The study that projected the future burden of 23 major cancer types up to the year 2030 has been published in the BMJ Open this week.
Future burden
Aimed at projecting the future burden of cancer mortality in India by forecasting age-standardised mortality rates (ASMR) for 23 major cancer types to the year 2030, the study found an ongoing epidemiological transiti
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