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23 September 2025

Cancer’s hidden cost: new study quantifies the profound societal loss from premature cancer deaths

A new study by IARC and collaborators estimated hundreds of billions in lost contributions from paid and unpaid work globally. The study provides detailed estimates of the loss in societal contributions from premature cancer deaths due to productivity loss among individuals of working age (15–64 years) by sex for 36 cancer sites and across 185 countries.


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