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| Global Cancer Observatory | |
|---|---|
| Name | Global Cancer Observatory |
| Type | International agency |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Lyon, France |
| Parent organization | World Health Organization |
Global Cancer Observatory The Global Cancer Observatory is an international online platform for cancer surveillance operated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and associated with the World Health Organization. It provides consolidated cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence estimates for policymakers, researchers, and clinicians across United Nations regions, member states, and territories. The Observatory integrates data from population-based cancer registries, national health ministries, and global research consortia to support evidence-based policy and comparative analyses across countries and disease sites.
The Observatory was developed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in collaboration with partners such as World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, World Bank, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and regional bodies including European Union, African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Pan American Health Organization. It synthesizes registry data collected by entities like the European Network of Cancer Registries, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the African Cancer Registry Network, and the Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention. The platform aligns with international initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals and informs strategies by organizations like Union for International Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Data sources include national statistical offices, cancer registries affiliated with the International Association of Cancer Registries, cohort studies from institutions like Harvard School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University, and mortality series from civil registration systems maintained by ministries such as the Ministry of Health (France) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Methodological frameworks reference standards from the International Classification of Diseases, the STROBE Statement, and modeling approaches used by groups like the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Analytical techniques incorporate age-standardization based on the World Standard Population, uncertainty intervals aligned with practices from European Medicines Agency assessments, and projection methods similar to those used by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The Observatory reports metrics including estimated new cases, deaths, age-standardized incidence rates, age-standardized mortality rates, and prevalence at 1, 3, and 5 years. Site-specific categorizations follow classifications for organs and histologies used by the International Agency for Research on Cancer monographs and major texts such as Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. Indicators support comparisons across cancers such as lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, and pancreatic cancer, connecting to research from institutions like Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute, and German Cancer Research Center.
Country profiles aggregate data for member states including China, India, United States, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, Russia, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic. Profiles enable benchmarking against regional aggregates such as European Union statistics, African Union estimates, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation trends, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations summaries and reference demographic baselines from the United Nations Population Division.
The Observatory offers interactive visualizations, maps, and downloadable datasets compatible with software used in epidemiology and public health such as R (programming language), Python (programming language), Stata, and SAS. Visualization components draw on libraries and platforms including D3.js, Tableau, and Geographic Information System tools like ArcGIS and QGIS. Users can generate custom graphs by cancer site, sex, age group, and year, export data for modeling with frameworks such as the Global Burden of Disease Study tools, and integrate outputs with evidence portals maintained by Cochrane Collaboration, European Commission, and the National Institutes of Health.
Policymakers, clinicians, and researchers from organizations including World Health Organization, United Nations, European Commission, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and national ministries of health use Observatory data to inform cancer control plans, screening programs, vaccination strategies such as those guided by Gavi and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and resource allocation informed by health economics research from London School of Economics, Harvard Kennedy School, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Academic publications in journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, and International Journal of Cancer frequently cite Observatory estimates.
Governance involves the International Agency for Research on Cancer leadership, advisory input from technical committees with representatives from World Health Organization, International Association of Cancer Registries, Union for International Cancer Control, and collaborations with research centers like Karolinska Institute, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Toronto, McGill University, Seoul National University, Peking University, Institute Pasteur, Institut Curie, and funders including Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and national research agencies such as National Institutes of Health (United States), Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), and Agence Nationale de la Recherche. The Observatory's partnerships extend to civil society groups like Union for International Cancer Control and patient advocacy organizations including American Cancer Society and Cancer Research UK to promote data transparency and capacity building in registry development.
Category:Cancer epidemiology