Background To update the pattern of cancer mortality in Europe. Materials and methods We
analysed cancer mortality in 34 European countries during 2000–2004, with an overview of …

Abstract Background Cancer mortality in Europe has been decreasing since the late 1980s
or 1990s in some countries with different patterns in many areas. In this study, we updated …

Background Cancer mortality peaked in the European Union (EU) in the late 1980s and
declined thereafter. Materials and methods We analyzed EU cancer mortality data provided …

Background After a peak in the late 1980s, cancer mortality in Europe has declined by∼
10% in both sexes up to the early 2000s. We provide an up-to-date picture of patterns and …

BACKGROUND In May 2004, 10 additional countries joined the European Union (EU),
including a total of 75 million inhabitants. Most of these were from central and eastern …

Up-to-date statistics on cancer occurrence and outcome are essential for the planning and
evaluation of programmes for cancer control. Since the relevant information for 2008 is not …

Background: Monitoring the evolution of the cancer burden in Europe is of great value.
Estimates of the cancer burden in Europe have been published for 2004 and estimates are …

Background There are no recent estimates of the incidence and mortality from cancer at a
European level. Those data that are available generally refer to the mid-1990s and are of …

Cancer mortality rates and trends over the period 1980–2000 for accession countries to the
European Union (EU) in May 2004, which include a total of 75 million inhabitants, were …

Mortality data, abstracted from the World Health Organization database, are presented in
tabular form for 26 cancer sites or groups of sites, plus total cancer mortality, in 36 European …