# Freddie Bray

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## TL;DR

Freddie Bray runs GLOBOCAN, the source of the world's cancer incidence and mortality figures.

## Summary

Freddie Bray is Head of the Cancer Surveillance Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. He runs GLOBOCAN and the Global Cancer Observatory, the source of the world's cancer incidence and mortality figures, coordinates cancer registries worldwide and publishes the Global Cancer Statistics series. His publications include the GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. His interests are cancer surveillance, global cancer statistics, registries and projections of the future cancer burden.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Tags: statistics
- Role: Head, Cancer Surveillance Branch, IARC
- Specialisms: Cancer surveillance; Global cancer statistics; Registries; Projections

## Sources

- IARC: https://www.iarc.who.int
- PubMed author search: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Bray%20F%5BAuthor%5D%20global%20cancer%20statistics

## Connected records

- institutions: [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/)
- journals: [CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians](https://onco.cc/journals/ca-cancer-journal/)
- key papers: [Bray 2018: GLOBOCAN 2018, worldwide incidence and mortality for 36 cancers](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-bray-globocan-2018-cacancer-2018/), [Bray 2024: GLOBOCAN 2022, the world's cancer count for 36 cancers in 185 countries](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-bray-globocan-2022-cacancer-2024/), [Jemal 2011: Global cancer statistics (GLOBOCAN 2008)](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-jemal-global-cancer-statistics-2011-cacancer/), [Parkin 2005: Global cancer statistics, 2002](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-parkin-global-cancer-statistics-2002-cacancer-2005/), [Sung 2021: GLOBOCAN 2020, the year breast cancer overtook lung cancer as the most diagnosed cancer](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-sung-globocan-2020-cacancer-2021/), [Torre 2015: Global cancer statistics, 2012](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-torre-global-cancer-statistics-2012-cacancer-2015/)

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