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The cost of premature death from cancer attributable to alcohol: Productivity l...
Rumgay, H; Ortega-Ortega, M; Sharp, L; Lunet, N; Soerjomataram, IBackground: More than 1.9 million people die from cancer each year in Europe. Alcohol use is a major modifiable risk factor for cancer and poses an economic burden on society. We estimated the cost of productivity lost due to premature death (under 65 years of age) from alcohol-attributable cancer in the European Union (EU) plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018.Methods: We estim...
Is gastric cancer becoming a rare disease? A global assessment of predicted inc...
Arnold, M; Park, JY; Camargo, MC; Lunet, N; Forman, D; Soerjomataram, IObjectives: The incidence of gastric cancer continues to decrease globally, approaching levels that in some populations could define it as a rare disease. To explore this on a wider scale, we predict its future burden in 34 countries with long-standing population-based data. Methods: Data on gastric cancer incidence by year of diagnosis, sex and age were extracted for 92 cancer registries in 34 countries includ...