Research Spotlight

Research Spotlight

Estimates of Incidence and Mortality of Cervical Cancer in 2018: A Worldwide Analysis studies the current state of cervical cancer among women as a baseline to compare it to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Initiative to increase preventive, screening, and treatment interventions to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. Five-Year U.S. Trends in the North American Cancer Survival Index, 2005-2014 looks at the changes in survival trends for all cancers combined including an increase for overall five-year survival and a decreasing survival gap continuing between blacks and whites.