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IARC estimates 43,428 new cancer cases and 27,165 cancer deaths in Sri Lanka in 2024; the commonest new cancers are breast, colorectum and trachea, bronchus and lung. This page is assembled automatically from OnCo's data, and says what OnCo does not yet hold.
| Site | New cases | Rate | OnCo page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | 6,242 | 36.6 | Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer |
| Colorectum | 3,728 | 10.9 | Colorectal cancer |
| Trachea, bronchus and lung | 3,188 | 9.4 | Lung cancer (all types), Non-small-cell lung cancer, Small-cell lung cancer |
| Lip, oral cavity | 2,457 | 7.5 | |
| Leukaemia | 2,091 | 7.4 | Acute myeloid leukaemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia |
| Prostate | 2,068 | 12.6 | Prostate cancer |
| Thyroid | 1,997 | 7.2 | Thyroid cancer |
| Ovary | 1,862 | 11.2 | Ovarian cancer |
| Cervix uteri | 1,735 | 9.8 | Cervical cancer |
| Oesophagus | 1,577 | 4.5 | Oesophageal cancer |
| Site | Deaths | Rate | OnCo page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | 2,972 | 17.1 | Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer |
| Trachea, bronchus and lung | 2,951 | 8.8 | Lung cancer (all types), Non-small-cell lung cancer, Small-cell lung cancer |
| Colorectum | 1,865 | 5.4 | Colorectal cancer |
| Lip, oral cavity | 1,601 | 4.8 | |
| Leukaemia | 1,489 | 5.1 | Acute myeloid leukaemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia |
| Oesophagus | 1,464 | 4.1 | Oesophageal cancer |
| Ovary | 1,368 | 8.0 | Ovarian cancer |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 1,188 | 3.5 | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| Cervix uteri | 1,072 | 6.0 | Cervical cancer |
| Stomach | 860 | 2.5 | Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer |
No trial record in OnCo lists a site in Sri Lanka. OnCo reads sites from ClinicalTrials.gov; studies registered only elsewhere are searchable through the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.
OnCo holds no institution, company or person in Sri Lanka.
OnCo records approvals for United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Australia and India. Sri Lanka is not one of them, so no approval in OnCo speaks for it. See the approvals by region matrix for what is held.
A deep dive for Sri Lanka is ranked 40 of 60 in the country coverage queue (November 2026), which ranks countries without a page by cases, deaths, research output and population. Know a source? Suggest an edit.