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Four out of ten deaths avoidable worldwide study shows the most fatal types of cancer in Germany By dpa, MRA updated on September 25, 2025 - 9:37 a.m. Reading time: 3 min. Cancer cells (symbol image): Due to the increasingly older population, the number of new cancer will increase significantly.(Source: Koto_Feja/Getty-Images pictures) Reading reading 0:00 0:00 News Share Article A new study warns of a strong, global increase in cancer cases.But it also shows how much prevention can pay off. According to a large report, the number of global new cancer diseases will increase significantly by the middle of the century.It increased from 18.5 million cases in 2023 to 30.5 million in 2050, writes a team in the specialist journal "The Lancet".However, this mainly has to do with the aging of the companies, because older people are more susceptible to cancer.If a standardized age structure is expected, the relative frequency from 2024 to 2050 drops by 5.7 percent. Almost 42 percent of the 10.4 million cancer deaths in 2023 are due to factors that can potentially be changed, reports the international research group around Lisa Force from the University of Washington in Seattle (US state of Washington).The researchers used information from the "Global Burden of Disease" project (worldwide disease burden) to determine estimates for the period 1990 to 2023.They also created a forecast for the further development from 2024 to 2050. Especially in poor countries, the number of new cases increased The development has so far been very different worldwide: In the period 1990 to 2023, the age standardized number of new cancer diseases in countries with high incomes fell by 3.4 percent, in countries with higher medium income by 8.8 percent.In contrast, the number of cases in countries with lower middle income increased by 28.6 percent and in countries with low income by 23.6 percent. "Cancer continues to contribute significantly to the global disease burden and our study shows that it will probably increase significantly in the coming decades, with disproportionate growth in countries with limited resources," said Force. The largest risk factor that can be changed is tobacco consumption in most countries, which 21.4 percent of deaths have been assigned to.In countries with low incomes, unprotected sex has the greatest risk, especially because human papilloma viruses (HPV) can be transmitted that can cause cervical cancer. In Germany, the constant vaccination commission (STIKO) recommends the HPV vaccination for girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 14.After a study recently published in the journal "Eurosurveillance", vaccination against HPV is very effective. Cancer mortals in Germany dropped In Germany, the following five types of cancer most often lead to death across gender: Lung cancer, Colon cancer, Breast cancer, Pancreas cancer and Prostate cancer.