International patterns and trends in endometrial cancer incidence

A new study by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the American Cancer Society found that endometrial cancer incidence rates increased over time and in successive generations in several countries, especially in countries with rapid socioeconomic transitions. The highest rates were in North America and eastern and northern Europe, and the lowest rates were in middle-income countries. The ongoing obesity epidemic is a major risk factor for the disease, and analyses of the global patterns and trends of uterine cancer rates are critical to better understand and control the disease.

Lortet-Tieulent J, Ferlay J, Bray F, Jemal A
International patterns and trends in endometrial cancer incidence, 1978–2013
JNCI, Published online 17 October 2017;http://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djx214

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