European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2026: the levelling of female lung cancer mortality

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Authors

Claudia Santucci · Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Silvia Mignozzi · University of Milan

F. Levi · Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne

Matteo Malvezzi · University of Parma

P. Boffetta · Stony Brook University Hospital

E. Negri · University of Bologna

C. La Vecchia

Abstract

Lung cancer mortality predictions for 2026 indicate a levelling off among EU females, with age- and country-specific differences. Mortality trends in ASRs for most cancers remain favourable in the EU and the UK, though the absolute number of cancer deaths is not declining due to population ageing.

Topics & Keywords

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Oncology

Volume 37, Issue 4, pp. 555-564

DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2025.12.005

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