US EditionLancet Study Warns Cancer Deaths Could Surge Nearly 75% by 2050
Cancer deaths are projected to reach 18.6 million by 2050, a 75% rise mainly due to aging populations and population growth, with over 40% linked to modifiable risk factors.
- Cancer deaths globally reached 10.4 million in 2023, with new cases totaling 18.5 million, marking a significant increase from previous years, according to a study published by The Lancet.
- The Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaborators forecast that annual cancer deaths could rise to 18.6 million by 2050, a nearly 75 percent increase from 2024, driven by population growth and aging populations.
- In India, cancer cases surged to an estimated 5.43 million in 2023, with significant increases in cancer incidence and mortality rates, as reported by Rakhi Dandona from the Public Health Foundation of India.
- Modifiable risk factors, including tobacco use and unhealthy diets, contributed to over 42 percent of global cancer deaths in 2023.
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If in 2023 it is estimated that 18.5 million new cancer diagnoses and 10.4 million deaths occurred globally in 2050, 30.5 million new cancer cases could occur and the deaths could reach 18.6 million due to this disease, which represents an increase of 75% between 2024 and that date. This has been published by the last major study of the Global Cancer Burden, published this Thursday in the prestigious scientific journal The Lancet.
Cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050—an increase of nearly 75% from 2024, study forecasts
There has been a rapid increase in the global number of cancer cases and deaths between 1990 and 2023, despite advances in cancer treatment and efforts to tackle cancer risk factors over that same time period. Without urgent action and targeted funding, 30.5 million people are forecast to receive a new cancer diagnosis and 18.6 million are expected to die from cancer in 2050—with over half of new cases and two-thirds of deaths occurring in…
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