Jacques Ferlay

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Selected research works

Up to 100 selected research works. Source updated 2026-10-28T19:34:33+00:00.

1. Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries · 2021 · 108,595 citations
2. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries · 2018 · 83,956 citations
3. Global cancer statistics · 2011 · 54,829 citations
4. Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 · 2014 · 28,767 citations
5. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries · 2024 · 26,892 citations
6. Global cancer statistics, 2012 · 2015 · 26,855 citations
7. Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008 · 2010 · 21,291 citations
8. Global Cancer Statistics, 2002 · 2005 · 18,483 citations
9. Estimating the global cancer incidence and mortality in 2018: GLOBOCAN sources and methods · 2018 · 7,551 citations
10. Cancer statistics for the year 2020: An overview · 2021 · 5,715 citations
11. Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries in 2012 · 2013 · 5,259 citations
12. Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis · 2019 · 4,124 citations
13. Estimates of the cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2006 · 2007 · 4,033 citations
14. Estimating the world cancer burden: Globocan 2000 · 2001 · 3,720 citations
15. Global cancer statistics · 1999 · 3,374 citations
16. Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis · 2012 · 2,537 citations
17. Bladder Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Global Overview and Recent Trends · 2016 · 2,514 citations
18. Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers in 2018 · 2018 · 2,478 citations
19. Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2018: a worldwide incidence analysis · 2019 · 2,466 citations
20. Global burden of colorectal cancer in 2020 and 2040: incidence and mortality estimates from GLOBOCAN · 2022 · 2,422 citations
21. Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2008 · 2010 · 2,319 citations
22. Global cancer transitions according to the Human Development Index (2008–2030): a population-based study · 2012 · 2,225 citations
23. Global burden of primary liver cancer in 2020 and predictions to 2040 · 2022 · 2,191 citations
24. Estimates of the worldwide incidence of 25 major cancers in 1990 · 1999 · 2,034 citations
25. Global estimates of cancer prevalence for 27 sites in the adult population in 2008 · 2012 · 1,892 citations
26. Global Burden of Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases · 2012 · 1,642 citations
27. Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2012: a synthetic analysis · 2016 · 1,634 citations
28. Estimates of the worldwide incidence of eighteen major cancers in 1985 · 1993 · 1,632 citations
29. GLOBOCAN 2008 v1.2, Cancer incidence and mortality world-wide : IARC Cancer Base No. 10 · 2010 · 1,630 citations
30. Globocan 2000 : cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence worldwide · 2001 · 1,582 citations
31. Estimates of the worldwide mortality from 25 cancers in 1990 · 1999 · 1,549 citations
32. International Variation in Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates · 2012 · 1,521 citations
33. Global incidence of oesophageal cancer by histological subtype in 2012 · 2014 · 1,422 citations
34. Worldwide Trends in Incidence Rates for Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers · 2013 · 1,295 citations
35. Cancer incidence and mortality in Europe, 2004 · 2005 · 1,218 citations
36. The Global Landscape of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Mortality in 2020 and Projections to 2040: New Estimates From GLOBOCAN 2020 · 2022 · 1,217 citations
37. Worldwide burden of cervical cancer in 2008 · 2011 · 1,130 citations
38. Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study · 2019 · 1,062 citations
39. Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study · 2014 · 995 citations
40. The GLOBOCAN 2022 cancer estimates: Data sources, methods, and a snapshot of the cancer burden worldwide · 2024 · 930 citations
41. Erratum: Estimates of the worldwide mortality from 25 cancers in 1990.Int. J. Cancer,83, 18-29 (1999). · 1999 · 860 citations
42. International Variation in Female Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates · 2015 · 804 citations
43. The current and future incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in 185 countries, 2020–40: A population-based modelling study · 2022 · 785 citations
44. International Patterns and Trends in Endometrial Cancer Incidence, 1978–2013 · 2017 · 760 citations
45. Worldwide burden of gynaecological cancer: The size of the problem · 2005 · 731 citations
46. The global incidence of lip, oral cavity, and pharyngeal cancers by subsite in 2012 · 2016 · 720 citations
47. Estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 1995 · 2002 · 685 citations
48. Global cancer incidence in older adults, 2012 and 2035: A population‐based study · 2018 · 671 citations
49. The European cancer burden in 2020: Incidence and mortality estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers · 2021 · 645 citations
50. Cancer I ncidence in F ive C ontinents: Inclusion criteria, highlights from Volume X and the global status of cancer registration · 2015 · 642 citations
51. Recent patterns in gastric cancer: A global overview · 2009 · 623 citations
52. Global, regional and national burden of primary liver cancer by subtype · 2021 · 604 citations
53. Global burden of oesophageal and gastric cancer by histology and subsite in 2018 · 2020 · 602 citations
54. Global burden of cancer in 2008: a systematic analysis of disability-adjusted life-years in 12 world regions · 2012 · 598 citations
55. International trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence, 1978–2012 · 2019 · 593 citations
56. Estimates of the worldwide mortality from eighteen major cancers in 1985. Implications for prevention and projections of future burden · 1993 · 583 citations
57. Cancer incidence and mortality among young adults aged 20–39 years worldwide in 2012: a population-based study · 2017 · 579 citations
58. NORDCAN – a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research · 2010 · 537 citations
59. Cancer incidence and mortality in the European Union: Cancer registry data and estimates of national incidence for 1990 · 1997 · 516 citations
60. Recent trends in incidence of five common cancers in 26 European countries since 1988: Analysis of the European Cancer Observatory · 2013 · 513 citations
61. Changes in colorectal cancer incidence in seven high-income countries: a population-based study · 2019 · 481 citations
62. More deaths from pancreatic cancer than breast cancer in the EU by 2017 · 2016 · 465 citations
63. Estimates of Cancer Incidence in China for 2000 and Projections for 2005 · 2005 · 463 citations
64. Cancer burden in Africa and opportunities for prevention · 2012 · 462 citations
65. Epidemiology and aetiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases · 2003 · 428 citations
66. Cancer incidence in five continents. Volume IX. · 2008 · 425 citations
67. International trends in lung cancer incidence by histological subtype: Adenocarcinoma stabilizing in men but still increasing in women · 2014 · 399 citations
68. Head and neck cancer: a global perspective on epidemiology and prognosis. · 1999 · 387 citations
69. Global patterns of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer incidence in 2012 · 2015 · 383 citations
70. Estimated global cancer incidence in the oldest adults in 2018 and projections to 2050 · 2020 · 358 citations
71. International trends in anal cancer incidence rates · 2016 · 331 citations
72. Prostate cancer incidence in 43 populations worldwide: An analysis of time trends overall and by age group · 2015 · 321 citations
73. Prostate cancer incidence and mortality trends in 37 European countries: An overview · 2010 · 307 citations
74. Global trends in intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma incidence from 1993 to 2012 · 2020 · 304 citations
75. Ovarian cancer today and tomorrow: A global assessment by world region and Human Development Index using GLOBOCAN 2020 · 2022 · 297 citations
76. Epidemiological patterns of leukaemia in 184 countries: a population-based study · 2017 · 293 citations
77. Cancer in Africa 2012 · 2014 · 291 citations
78. Estimates of global chemotherapy demands and corresponding physician workforce requirements for 2018 and 2040: a population-based study · 2019 · 271 citations
79. Epidemiology of biliary tract cancers: an update · 2008 · 256 citations
80. Lung cancer incidence in young women vs . young men: A systematic analysis in 40 countries · 2020 · 248 citations
81. Global Burden of Breast Cancer · 2009 · 243 citations
82. Fifty years of cancer incidence: CI5 I–IX · 2010 · 241 citations
83. The changing pattern of kidney cancer incidence and mortality in Europe · 2008 · 238 citations
84. Trends in oesophageal cancer incidence and mortality in Europe · 2007 · 235 citations
85. International Trends in the Incidence of Testicular Cancer: Lessons from 35 Years and 41 Countries · 2019 · 195 citations
86. An international comparison of male and female breast cancer incidence rates · 2012 · 194 citations
87. Effect of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation on incidence of squamous-cell carcinoma of the eye · 1996 · 194 citations
88. Global and regional estimates of orphans attributed to maternal cancer mortality in 2020 · 2022 · 186 citations
89. How many new cancer patients in Europe will require radiotherapy by 2025? An ESTRO-HERO analysis · 2016 · 175 citations
90. International Trends in the Incidence of Cancer Among Adolescents and Young Adults · 2020 · 172 citations
91. Cancer in Iran 2008 to 2025: Recent incidence trends and short‐term predictions of the future burden · 2021 · 171 citations
92. Cervical cancer in A frica, L atin A merica and the C aribbean and A sia: Regional inequalities and changing trends · 2017 · 166 citations
93. The epidemiology of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Comparison of nodal and extra-nodal sites · 1997 · 161 citations
94. Estimates of the cancer burden in Europe from radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident · 2006 · 155 citations
95. Colon and rectal cancer survival in seven high-income countries 2010–2014: variation by age and stage at diagnosis (the ICBP SURVMARK-2 project) · 2020 · 146 citations
96. Global demand for cancer surgery and an estimate of the optimal surgical and anaesthesia workforce between 2018 and 2040: a population-based modelling study · 2021 · 143 citations
97. Global Access to Radiotherapy Services: Have We Made Progress During the Past Decade? · 2016 · 143 citations
98. The association between geographic location and incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma in comparison to melanoma: An international assessment · 2018 · 139 citations
99. Declining mortality from bladder cancer in Europe · 2007 · 137 citations
100. Burden of cervical cancer in Europe: estimates for 2004 · 2007 · 136 citations