Global trends and future perspectives of liver cancer
Exploring recent trends in liver cancer incidence and mortality, informed by population-based cancer registry and vital statistics data.
Liver cancer remains a major global health concern, with significant geographic disparities in incidence, mortality, and data quality. In this seminar, we will examine recent international trends and projections in liver cancer burden using data from cancer registries and vital statistics, highlighting both progress and persisting gaps from our perspective at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Through this seminar, we will explore challenges in reliably ascertaining liver cancer cases across diverse settings. Particular attention will be given to systematic differences in diagnosing and reporting that impact data comparability. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how cancer incidence and mortality trends are tracked globally and what these patterns reveal about broader inequities in cancer surveillance and control.
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Harriet Rumgay
Harriet Rumgay, PhD, is an Epidemiologist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - World Health Organization where she investigates the impact of modifiable risk factors on the global burden of cancer. Since 2018, her work at IARC has focused on descriptive epidemiology of alcohol- and tobacco-related cancers as well as cancers related with other major risk factors.
Dr Rumgay’s major publications include estimates of the global burden of cancer attributable to alcohol and tobacco, assessments of the global burden of primary liver cancer and oral cancer, and estimations of preventable cancers in the UK.
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