Global cancer statistics: A healthy population relies on population health

The 2022 update on cancer statistics provides a staggering figure: 20 million will receive a new diagnosis of cancer, and nearly 10 million will die. The data are derived from estimates provided by the Global Cancer Observatory, which relies on the best available sources of both incidence and mortality from cancer in each country.1 Population-based cancer survival is a key metric of the effectiveness of health systems in how cancer is managed in individual countries. The monitoring of trends and inequalities in cancer survival is an important metric of overall health system performance, is used to guide investment priorities within oncology, and can help advance locally informed, cost-effective interventions to improve early diagnosis and treatment. However, we believe there is…