Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient

Global Cancer Surgery—The Lancet Commission

Introduction Since 1991, the global burden of disease has shifted from communicable to noncommunicable disease (NCDs), primarily due to prevention, mitigation, and treatment of infectious disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This epidemiological shift has impacted global mortality rates…

Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Survivorship

Introduction Cancer epidemiology provides the tools and methods to understand the cancer problem in any given population, from the local level up to the global level. Incidence, prevalence, and mortality are the most commonly used measures to assess the cancer…