GLOBOCAN 2020全球癌症统计数据解读

Interpretation on the global cancer statistics of GLOBOCAN 2020

GLOBOCAN 2020于2020年12月发布,估计了全球185个国家/地区的36种癌症发病率、死亡率以及癌症发展趋势等相关数据,分析了癌症的地区和性别差异,并新增2040年癌症负担的预测数据。GLOBOCAN 2020数据库显示,2020年全球新发癌症19292789例,9958133例癌症患者死亡。女性乳腺癌首次超过肺癌成为最常见的癌症,2020年新发乳腺癌2261419例,占总体癌症发病的11.7%,其次是肺癌(11.4%)、结直肠癌(10.0%)、前列腺癌(7.3%)和胃癌(5.6%)。肺癌仍是导致癌症死亡的首要原因,估计有1796144人死于肺癌,占总体癌症死亡的18.0%,其次是结直肠癌(9.4%)、肝癌(8.3%)、胃癌(7.7%)和女性乳腺癌(6.9%),癌症发病和死亡呈明显的地区和性别差异。本文对更新的数据库的重要内容进行了整理并加以解读。

GLOBOCAN 2020 was released in December 2020,which estimated cancer incidence,mortality,cancer development trend and related data on 36 cancers across 185 countries/regions at the global level.The regional and sex differences of cancer were analyzed,and the burden of cancer in 2040 was also predicted.According to GLOBOCAN 2020 database,19292789 cancer cases and 9958133 deaths in 2020 were estimated.Female breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the most common cancer,with an estimated 2261419 new cases,accounting for 11.7%of the total cancer cases,followed by lung cancer(11.4%),colorectal cancer(10.0%),prostate cancer(7.3%),and gastric cancer(5.6%).Lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer death,with an estimated 1796144 deaths in 2020,accounting for 18.0%of the total cancer deaths,followed by colorectal cancer(9.4%),liver cancer(8.3%),gastric cancer(7.7%)and female breast cancer(6.9%).Cancer incidence and mortality presented significant variations in region and sex.This paper sorts out and interprets the important updates of the updated database.