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Cancer Statistics: Geographical and Racial Disparities

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Cancer leads to millions of morbidities and mortalities throughout the world, annually. There are well-established discrepancies in cancer incidence and outcomes by geographical regions and ethnicity of individuals. These differences result from various factors like environmental, genetic, physiological, and socioeconomic. Statistical data about the factors responsible for cancer, its different types and their incidences are essential in devising strategies for the management of this disease. This chapter discusses the statistics of cancer in different regions of the world and in racial groups.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Hindu Girls College, Sonepat, Haryana, India

    Seema Rani

  2. Department of Medical Parasitology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Taruna Kaura

  3. Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

    Vijay Kumar

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  1. Dept. Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

    R. C. Sobti

  2. NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Translational Health Sci & Tech Inst, Faridabad, Haryana, India

    Nirmal K. Ganguly

  3. Cancer Research Institute, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Rakesh Kumar

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

    Ranbir Chander Sobti

  2. Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Kerala, India

    Rakesh Kumar

  3. NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India

    Nirmal K. Ganguly

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Rani, S., Kaura, T., Kumar, V. (2024). Cancer Statistics: Geographical and Racial Disparities. In: Sobti, R.C., Ganguly, N.K., Kumar, R. (eds) Handbook of Oncobiology: From Basic to Clinical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6263-1_3

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