The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently published a factsheet titled "Impact of Population Ageing on the Burden of Cancer up to 2040 IN EU/EFTA Countries.
This factsheet provides an insightful analysis of the expected impact of population ageing on cancer incidence and mortality in European Union and European Free Trade Association countries by 2040.
The change in the EUROSTAT projected population is the only factor affecting these long-term cancer burden estimates, calculated under the assumption that 2022 cancer incidence and mortality rates remain the same up to 2040.