GLOBOCAN 2020 (20 million annual cancer patients)

  • Citation: Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL, Laversanne M, Soerjomataram I, Jemal A, Bray F. Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2021;71(3):209–249.

  • Link: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21660

  • Note: Confirms ~19.3M new cancer cases in 2020, supporting the rounded 20M figure. Consider GLOBOCAN 2022 (https://gco.iarc.fr/en) for updated ~20M cases.