World Cancer Report 2014. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO Press, 2015

Genesis of the Report Compiled by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), edited by Bernard W Stewart (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Christopher P Wild (IARC director), and released in 2015, the World Cancer Report 2014 represents the most recent volume in a series that began in 2003, when 5.3 million men and 4.7 million women were estimated to develop a malignant tumor annually and 6.2 million would die from the disease. In 2014, when this most recent (third) volume was written, ;14.1 million people were expected to develop cancer annually, and the global burden had clearly shifted from mainly being a disease of affluence to one that cut across all socioeconomic levels. Indeed, like the dual burden of simultaneous underand overnutrition so common in societies experiencing the nutrition transition, many developing countries now find themselves in the tight grip of cancers from 2 seemingly disparate worlds: poverty and plenty. In response, the goal of theWorld Cancer Report 2014 was to present a timely update on the state of knowledge related to cancer statistics, causes, and mechanisms and how this knowledge might be used for cancer prevention and early detection. To do this, .250 world experts were tapped to contribute to 1 or more of the 6 chapters, 7 personal perspectives, and 9 pieces in the Report describing “control experiences” related to cancer in one way or another. The chapters and pages scattered throughout the Report that specifically refer to dietary factors that may (or may not) be linked to increased or decreased cancer risk are summarized herein. Note that this is not meant to provide a detailed account of these sections but instead to draw the reader’s attention to their existence and overall conclusions.