Infographic displayed at World Cancer Day 2017

1. NUMBERSCANCER BY
THE
4. CASE FOR INVESTMENT 4
2. RADIOTHERAPY COVERAGE 2
3. INEQUITY IN SURVIVAL RATES 5
1. GLOBAL CANCER BURDEN 1
REFERENCES: 1. GLOBOCAN, IARC, 2012; UNAIDS, 2015;
WHO, 2013; Roll Back Malaria, 2013.
2. DIRAC/IAEA, 2016.
3. Developing countries with populations of less than 100,000 have been excluded.
4. CONCORD-2, The Lancet 2015; SurvCan, IARC, 2011.
5. Lancet Oncololgy, 2015. cancer.iaea.org
44DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES HAVE
NO RADIOTHERAPY
3
GLOBALLY, THERE IS
INSUFFICIENT COVERAGE OF
RADIOTHERAPY
AIDS, TB & MALARIA
COMBINED
MORE
PEOPLE
THAN
CANCER
DEATHS
TUBERCULOSIS
DEATHS
TB
AIDS
8.2 million
1.5 million
AIDS DEATHS
1.2 million
MALARIA DEATHS
MALARIA0.6 million
CANCER KILLS
250%
new cases
14,100,000
new cases
21,600,000
2012 2030
54%GLOBAL
NEW CASES
of CANCER
in
18 YEARS
EVERY US
$1
INVESTED IN
RADIOTHERAPY...
INVESTMENT $1U
S
$4
U
S
YIELDS
IN RETURN
AUSTRALIA
PROSTATE CANCER
89%
UGANDA
46%
5 YEAR SURVIVAL RATE
BREAST CANCER
USA
89%
JORDAN
43%
CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA
GERMANY
92%
MONGOLIA
34%
no data available
Above 100%
76 - 100%
1 - 25%
0%
51 - 75%
25 - 50%
Radiotherapy Coverage (%)
The use of particular designations of countries or territories
does not imply any judgement by the IAEA as to the legal status
of such countries or territories, of their authorities and institutions
or of the delimitation of their boundaries.