Turkey Cancer Statistics 2020
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On 15 December 2020, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization, published its latest estimates of the global cancer burden, namely World Cancer Statistics. Accessible online as part of the IARC Global Cancer Observatory, the GLOBOCAN 2020 database provides incidence and mortality estimates for 36 cancer types and all cancer types combined in 185 countries for 2020. The global cancer burden is estimated to be increasing. In 2020, 19.3 million new cases and 10.0 million deaths were reported; in 2018, 18.1 million cases and 9.6 million deaths had been reported. In 2012, the annual number of new cancer cases was 14.1 million and the annual number of cancer deaths was 8.2 million. These figures should not be interpreted as cancer "frequency".
Worldwide, one in every 5 people develops cancer during their lifetime, and 1 in every 8 men and 1 in every 11 women dies from cancer (see World Cancer Statistics 2020).
Worldwide, the total number of people alive within 5 years after a cancer diagnosis, called 5-year prevalence, is estimated to be 50.6 million in total.
2020 Turkey Cancer Statistics
Turkey's population continues to grow. In parallel, the annual number of newly diagnosed cancer patients is also rising. 2020 saw Turkey's population reach 84,339,067, while the annual number of new cancer cases was reported as 233,834 and the number of cancer deaths as 126,335. 2018 saw Turkey's population at 81,916,866, while 210,537 new cases and 116,710 cancer deaths had been reported.
The top 5 most common cancer types in Turkey in 2020 were lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal (large bowel) cancer, prostate cancer and thyroid cancer. These 5 cancer types accounted for more than 50% of all cancers.
The top 5 most common cancer types in men were lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer and stomach cancer. At least 40% of cancers in men are estimated to be related to smoking.
The top 5 most common cancer types in women are breast cancer, thyroid cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer and uterine cancer. It is noteworthy that colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer in both men and women.
Above, the Summary of Turkey Cancer Statistics can be seen. It is noteworthy that cancer frequency is markedly higher in men than in women. In Turkey, it has been reported that one in every 4 people receives a cancer diagnosis before the age of 75.
Above are the 35 different cancer types seen in Turkey, listed in order of frequency.
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- The first chart shows the top 10 most common cancers in men and women (the annual number of new cancer cases per 100 thousand people).
- The second chart shows the distribution by sex of the top 10 cancers causing the most deaths (the annual number of cancer deaths per 100 thousand people).
Above, the 2020 numbers of new cases and their frequency by country can be seen. According to this table, in terms of case frequency, that is, the annual number of new cancers per 100 thousand people, Turkey is in 50th place in the ranking.
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