2026年全球癌症状况报告（英）

While some health crises unfold quickly, others build more slowly. That makes them no less devastating. The data in this report make clear that cancer is an unfolding global crisis.

In certain aspects of cancer control – such as those where progress is driven by WHO’s global initiatives on breast, cervical and childhood cancer – there are clear and encouraging signals that our approaches work. Fewer women are being diagnosed with cervical cancer due to increasing HPV vaccination coverage and screening. The global cancer burden has also been blunted by reductions in tobacco use driven by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Our ability to diagnose cancer earlier and treat it more effectively have improved drastically because of sustained, substantial investments in research and innovation. More people have access to radiotherapy. Governments are increasingly prioritizing cancer in their national health policies.

These successes only tell part of the story. Across all cancers and all stages of the cancer care continuum, progress remains unevenly distributed and highly inequitable, between countries and within them.

The testimonies gathered through the WHO Global survey on the lived experience of people affected by cancer give resonance to the depth, breadth, and long-lasting impacts of cancer, for the individual who is diagnosed and for their family. Listening to and learning from the people directly affected through a people-centred approach must be recognized as a strategic driver of national and global cancer agendas that will contribute to improve outcomes worldwide – not an afterthought.

Another important driver of progress is robust monitoring. Measurement builds trust, improves delivery and promote accountability. The upcoming WHO Global Cancer Monitoring Framework – that set the foundation for this report –provides clear, comparable and carefully chosen indicators to deliver progress.

Both the weight of the numbers and the power of the personal stories presented in this report attest to the urgent need for us to unite globally, across all stakeholder groups, to reorient our efforts and bring about three shifts in cancer control: first, better capabilities to implement the interventions that we know can work; second, better protection against the harms of cancer, including social protection and universal health coverage; and third, better value, measured in terms of survival, function and quality of life.

Achieving these shifts will require us all to play our part. The choices we make now and in the coming years will shape the burden and the experience of cancer for years to come. Only with all the necessary elements in action can our ambitions translate into meaningful progress for all and allow us to build the future we choose together – and a better future characterized by health for all.