Melanesia Source: Globocan 2020

Number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, all ages Geography

Breast 2 215 (14.1%)

Cervix uteri 1 330 (8.5%)

Lip, oral cavity Other cancers 1 299 (8.3%) 8 705 (55.6%) Prostate 1 176 (7.5%)

Liver 933 (6%)

Total: 15 658

Number of new cases in 2020, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Prostate Total population 1 176 (16.8%) 11122990 Lip, oral cavity 796 (11.4%) Other cancers Number of new cases 3 386 (48.5%) Lung 588 (8.4%)

Liver 572 (8.2%) 15658

Number of deaths Colorectum 466 (6.7%) Total: 6 984 9022 Number of new cases in 2020, females, all ages Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Breast 2 215 (25.5%) 31043

Other cancers 3 639 (42%) Data source and methods

Incidence

Corpus uteri Cervix uteri Population weighted average of the rates of the region- 436 (5%) 1 330 (15.3%) specific countries included in GLOBOCAN 2020.

Mortality Lip, oral cavity Thyroid 503 (5.8%) 551 (6.4%) Population weighted average of the rates of the region- specific countries included in GLOBOCAN 2020. Total: 8 674 Prevalence Summary statistic 2020 Sum of region-specific prevalent cases.

Males Females Both sexes Populations included Population 5 670 540 5 452 450 11 122 990

Number of new cancer cases 6 984 8 674 15 658 Fiji, France, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 192.6 202.5 195.9 Islands, Vanuatu Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 20.6 19.6 20.0 Number of cancer deaths 4 283 4 739 9 022 Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 125.3 118.3 120.7 Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 13.2 12.1 12.6 5-year prevalent cases 12 776 18 267 31 043 Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Prostate Breast Breast (ranked by cases) Lip, oral cavity Cervix uteri Cervix uteri Lung Thyroid Lip, oral cavity Liver Lip, oral cavity Prostate Colorectum Corpus uteri Liver

Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence (all ages) Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop. (per 100 000) Breast 2 215 1 14.1 5.37 1 121 1 12.4 2.90 5 284 96.91 Cervix uteri 1 330 2 8.5 2.64 818 3 9.1 1.84 2 657 48.73 Lip, oral cavity 1 299 3 8.3 2.05 468 5 5.2 0.82 2 496 22.44 Prostate 1 176 4 7.5 4.39 451 6 5.0 1.27 2 459 43.36 Liver 933 5 6.0 1.26 911 2 10.1 1.29 1 186 10.66 Lung 918 6 5.9 1.63 798 4 8.8 1.41 1 049 9.43 Thyroid 650 7 4.2 0.75 118 15 1.3 0.18 1 666 14.98 Stomach 559 8 3.6 0.88 435 7 4.8 0.72 764 6.87 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 537 9 3.4 0.68 306 9 3.4 0.45 1 181 10.62 Corpus uteri 436 10 2.8 1.23 101 17 1.1 0.32 1 029 18.87 Leukaemia 432 11 2.8 0.40 320 8 3.5 0.34 1 006 9.04 Colon 355 12 2.3 0.56 214 12 2.4 0.33 700 6.29 Rectum 336 13 2.1 0.57 190 13 2.1 0.33 712 6.40 Ovary 330 14 2.1 0.69 227 11 2.5 0.55 715 13.11 Oesophagus 247 15 1.6 0.42 234 10 2.6 0.41 265 2.38 Melanoma of skin 240 16 1.5 0.33 64 22 0.71 0.08 529 4.76 Bladder 201 17 1.3 0.35 104 16 1.2 0.18 454 4.08 Pancreas 152 18 0.97 0.25 144 14 1.6 0.24 133 1.20 Larynx 150 19 0.96 0.24 80 19 0.89 0.15 335 3.01 Oropharynx 124 20 0.79 0.28 69 21 0.76 0.15 247 2.22 Anus 113 21 0.72 0.19 48 25 0.53 0.08 231 2.08 Brain, central nervous system 101 22 0.65 0.13 87 18 0.96 0.13 225 2.02 Gallbladder 96 23 0.61 0.18 78 20 0.86 0.14 117 1.05 Kidney 92 24 0.59 0.14 48 24 0.53 0.08 194 1.74 Testis 72 25 0.46 0.10 13 31 0.14 0.03 208 3.67 Salivary glands 71 26 0.45 0.09 31 26 0.34 0.05 174 1.56 Multiple myeloma 68 27 0.43 0.11 52 23 0.58 0.09 141 1.27 Hodgkin lymphoma 65 28 0.42 0.05 20 27 0.22 0.02 176 1.58 Penis 50 29 0.32 0.12 13 30 0.14 0.05 109 1.92 Vagina 24 30 0.15 0.05 17 28 0.19 0.04 51 0.94 Nasopharynx 22 31 0.14 0.03 14 29 0.16 0.02 56 0.50 Vulva 18 32 0.11 0.04 6 34 0.07 0.02 47 0.86 Hypopharynx 16 33 0.10 0.01 10 32 0.11 0.01 26 0.23 Mesothelioma 11 34 0.07 0.02 9 33 0.10 0.01 15 0.13 Kaposi sarcoma 8 35 0.05 0.00 5 35 0.06 0.00 13 0.12 All cancer sites 15 658 - - 19.95 9 022 - - 12.58 31 043 279.1

Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, top 10 cancers

Males Females

Breast 50.5

Prostate 35.8 Lip, oral cavity 22.2 11.9 Cervix uteri 28.3 Lung 17.4 9.2 Colorectum 14.2 9.0 Liver 13.8 9.0 Stomach 9.9 6.2 Thyroid 2.2 12.4 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 7.9 4.7

60 40 20 0 20 40 60 ASR (World) per 100 000

Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 10 cancers

Incidence Mortality

Breast 50.5 27.5

Prostate 35.8 17.0 Cervix uteri 28.3 18.6 Lip, oral cavity 16.7 6.5 Lung 13.1 11.5 Colorectum 11.4 6.7 Liver 11.4 11.5 Corpus uteri 10.4 2.6 Stomach 7.9 6.3 Thyroid 7.4 1.7

60 40 20 0 20 40 60 ASR (World) per 100 000