Lung cancer mortality rates in women projected to increase by over 40% by 2030

The global age-standardised lung cancer mortality rate among women is projected to increase by 43% from 2015 to 2030, according to an analysis of data from 52 countries. The global age-standardised breast cancer mortality rate is projected to decrease by 9% in the same time frame. The research was published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. While previous work has focused on projections in lung and breast cancer mortality among women in a single country or continent, few studies have estimated trends in mortality caused by these two common cancers on a global scale.