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. 2006 Dec;79(3-4):85-94.

Global burden of cancer

Xiaomei Ma  1 , Herbert Yu
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Global burden of cancer

Xiaomei Ma et al. Yale J Biol Med. 2006 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Number of Incident Cancer Cases in 2002 (all ages, all sites but skin). No bars are shown for Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia because the numbers of incidence cancer cases in these three regions were very small.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Type of Incident Cancer in Eastern Asia (male and female, age 15-65+, 2002). Cases: 2,864,408.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Types of Incident Cancer in North America (male and female, age 15-65+, 2002). Cases: 1,561,046.
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Figure 4
Male age-specific incidence and mortality in more or less developed countries, 2002. (All sites but skin: male, 2002)
Figure 5
Figure 5
Population Pyramid for More (top) and Less (bottom) Developed Countries, 2002.
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