The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level
University of Alabama at Birmingham · University of Hohenheim · +83 more institutions
Abstract
Importance Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths globally. The most common causes for liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and alcohol use. Objective To report results of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study on primary liver cancer incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 195 countries or territories from 1990 to 2015, and present global, regional, and national estimates on the burden of liver cancer attributable to HBV, HCV, alcohol, and an “other” group that encompasses residual causes. Design, Settings, and Participants Mortality was estimated using vital registration and cancer registry data in an…
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- 92.09
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- 100%
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- 50
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83Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Years of potential life lost
- Life expectancy
- Liver cancer
- Cancer
- Incidence (geometry)
- Mortality rate
- Demography
- Good health and well-being
Funding
- SVSabin Vaccine Institute
- JSJackson State University
- TCTexas Children's Hospital
- UIUniversitetet i Tromsø
- UOUniversity of Washington
- JHJohns Hopkins University
- CWCase Western Reserve University
- UBUniversität Basel
- UJUniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum
- IUIran University of Medical Sciences
- ICImperial College London
- PHPublic Health Foundation of India
- QUQueensland University of Technology
- SNSeoul National University
- YUYonsei University
- JUJordan University of Science and Technology
- KIKarolinska Institutet
- TUTehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
- IYInyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali
- HUHaramaya University
- UIUniversitetet i Bergen
- JUJimma University
- UIUniversitetet i Oslo
- UBUniversität Bielefeld
- UDUniversidade do Porto
- WUWuhan University
- NRNational Research University Higher School of Economics
- AIAll-India Institute of Medical Sciences
- GUGolestan University of Medical Sciences
- UUUniversität Ulm
- MUMekelle University
- UMUniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Slaskich we Wroclawiu
- AUAlborz University of Medical Sciences
- IIIngham Institute for Applied Medical Research
- WSWestern Sydney University
- RDRede de Química e Tecnologia
- LALaboratório Associado para a Química Verde
- CFCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
- JHJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- DODepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- COCollege of Medicine, Seoul National University
- NINorwegian Institute of Public Health