New Delhi: Even though premature deaths due to cancer have reduced in three-fourths of the world, a recent study has revealed that only eight countries have achieved the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target of 3.4. is likely to be completed.
The target relates to reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, by one-third by 2030 through prevention and treatment.
For the study, researchers including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland, calculated the risk of dying prematurely for people aged 30-69 years, to find out what the risk of dying from cancer would be from 2000-2019. Reasons for how the pattern of annual premature deaths changed. 183 countries.
Data from the WHO Global Health Estimates were used.
The research team found that while early deaths due to all cancers decreased in Southeast Asian countries, early deaths due to breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancers increased. The findings were published in The Lancet Oncology.
However, "in most countries, [early deaths due to cancer] rates are not falling fast enough to reach the SDG 3.4 target. No WHO region combined will reach the SDG 3.4 target for all cancers," The authors wrote.
According to researchers, 35 million new cancer cases are predicted by 2050, with the highest burden expected to occur in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) and low-income countries (LICs).
Previous studies have found that cancer, along with cardiovascular (cardiovascular) disease, is now the first or second cause of premature death in most countries and WHO regions, the authors said.
However, no study has evaluated early deaths due to each cancer type, he said.
The target relates to reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, by one-third by 2030 through prevention and treatment.
For the study, researchers including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland, calculated the risk of dying prematurely for people aged 30-69 years, to find out what the risk of dying from cancer would be from 2000-2019. Reasons for how the pattern of annual premature deaths changed. 183 countries.
Data from the WHO Global Health Estimates were used.
The research team found that while early deaths due to all cancers decreased in Southeast Asian countries, early deaths due to breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancers increased. The findings were published in The Lancet Oncology.
However, "in most countries, [early deaths due to cancer] rates are not falling fast enough to reach the SDG 3.4 target. No WHO region combined will reach the SDG 3.4 target for all cancers," The authors wrote.
According to researchers, 35 million new cancer cases are predicted by 2050, with the highest burden expected to occur in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) and low-income countries (LICs).
Previous studies have found that cancer, along with cardiovascular (cardiovascular) disease, is now the first or second cause of premature death in most countries and WHO regions, the authors said.
However, no study has evaluated early deaths due to each cancer type, he said.
