Open AccessCancer Control in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s) -
La Vecchia Carlo,
Conte Pierfranco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0230
Subject(s) - medicine , western europe , cancer , mortality rate , demography , incidence (geometry) , cancer incidence , surgery , european union , international trade , physics , sociology , optics , business
In Central and Western Europe, cancer mortality is declining at slower rates as compared with rates in the rest of the world. More than a generation has now passed since the end of nonmarket economies in Central and Eastern Europe. It is time for this area of the continent to close the gap in cancer incidence and mortality rates between it and Western Europe and other high‐income areas of the world.