The growing burden of cancer among several major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
requires national implementation of tailored public health surveillance. For many emerging …

Noncommunicable diseases were estimated to claim more than 36 million lives worldwide in
2008. Major contributors to this burden were cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic …

The rising prevalence of noncommunicable diseases globally, with a strikingly
disproportionate increase in prevalence and related mortality in low-and middle-income …

Background: Noncommunicable diseases, and especially cancers, are recognized as an
increasing problem for low and middle income countries. Effective control programs require …

Today, cancer is responsible for one in three premature deaths from noncommunicable
diseases worldwide, and the number of annual cancer diagnoses will rise to well over 20 …

The epidemiological transition in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has given rise to a concomitant
increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases including cancers. Worldwide …

Summary The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development partnership, led by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was established in response to an …

Objective: In preparation for jointly publishing official government cancer statistics, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) …

Public health surveillance systems relevant to cancer, centered around population-based
cancer registration, have produced extensive, high-quality data for evaluating the cancer …

This guidance document consists of six chapters that provide technical advice to planners
and health specialists in low-and middle-income countries wishing to implement and …