Rahib 2014: projecting US cancer incidence and deaths to 2030

Rahib and colleagues at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network combined US population projections with registry trends in incidence and mortality to project cancer cases and deaths to 2030. They forecast that lung cancer would remain the leading cause of cancer death, that pancreatic and liver cancers would rise to second and third place, and that thyroid, melanoma and uterine cancers would be among the fastest-growing in incidence, while colorectal cancer would fall in rank. The paper was widely used to argue for research funding directed at cancers with stagnant outcomes.