GLOBOCAN Cancer Fact Sheets: Liver Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008

CANCER FACT SHEET

	Incidence: men
	Mortality: men
	Incidence: women
	Mortality: women

Liver Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide in 2008
Summary

Estimated numbers (thousands)	Men		Women		Both sexes
Estimated numbers (thousands)	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
World	523	478	226	217	749	695
More developed regions	82	75	40	39	122	114
Less developed regions	440	402	185	177	625	579
WHO Africa region (AFRO)	29	28	15	14	44	42
WHO Americas region (PAHO)	31	28	20	21	51	49
WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO)	9	9	4	3	13	12
WHO Europe region (EURO)	43	42	22	24	65	66
WHO South-East Asia region (SEARO)	46	42	21	20	67	62
WHO Western Pacific region (WPRO)	363	327	141	133	504	460
IARC membership (22 countries)	101	88	45	42	146	130
United States of America	15	12	6	5	21	17
China	292	266	109	105	401	371
India	14	12	5	5	19	17
European Union (EU-27)	32	30	15	16	47	46


Estimated age-standardised rates (World) per 100,000

At a glance

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in men (523 000 cases, 7.9% of the total) and the seventh in women (226 000 cases, 6.5% of the total), and most of the burden is in developing countries, where almost 85% of the cases occur, and particularly in men: the overall sex ratio male: female is 2.4. The regions of high incidence are Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, Middle and Western Africa, but also Melanesia and Micronesia/Polynesia (particularly in men). Low rates are estimated in developed regions, with the exception of Southern Europe where the incidence in men (ASR 10.5 per 100,000) is significantly higher than in other developed regions.
There were an estimated 694 000 deaths from liver cancer in 2008 (477 000 in men, 217 000 in women), and because of its high fatality (overall ratio of mortality to incidence of 0.93), liver cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer worldwide. The geographical distribution of the mortality rates is similar to that observed for incidence.

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (26/5/2013)

IARC, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France - Tel: +33 (0)4 72 73 84 85 - Fax: +33 (0)4 72 73 85 75
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Estimated Liver Cancer Incidence Worldwide in 2008: Men

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03.05.28.217.0117 Age-standardised incidence rates per 100,000 Roll over the map for country rates. Click onto the map and zoom with mouse wheel.	GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (26/5/2013)

IARC, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France - Tel: +33 (0)4 72 73 84 85 - Fax: +33 (0)4 72 73 85 75
© IARC 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Email: www@iarc.fr

Estimated Liver Cancer Mortality Worldwide in 2008: Men

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03.25.17.613.4100 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 Roll over the map for country rates. Click onto the map and zoom with mouse wheel.	GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (26/5/2013)

IARC, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France - Tel: +33 (0)4 72 73 84 85 - Fax: +33 (0)4 72 73 85 75
© IARC 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Email: www@iarc.fr

Estimated Liver Cancer Incidence Worldwide in 2008: Women

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01.22.44.28.675 Age-standardised incidence rates per 100,000 Roll over the map for country rates. Click onto the map and zoom with mouse wheel.	GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (26/5/2013)

Estimated Liver Cancer Mortality Worldwide in 2008: Women

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01.42.43.86.163 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 Roll over the map for country rates. Click onto the map and zoom with mouse wheel.	GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (26/5/2013)