Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2013 methodology, the GBD Cancer Collaboration investigators estimate mortality, incidence, years lived with disability, years of life lost, and disability-adjusted life years for 28 cancers in 188 countries by sex from 1990 to 2013.
Conclusions and Relevance Cancer poses a major threat to public health worldwide, and incidence rates have increased in most countries since 1990. The trend is a particular threat to developing nations with health systems that are ill-equipped to deal with complex and expensive cancer treatments. The annual update on the Global Burden of Cancer will provide all stakeholders with timely estimates to guide policy efforts in cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and palliation.