The lancet oncology
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Lancet Oncol.
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The lancet oncology · Jun 2019
Estimates of global chemotherapy demands and corresponding physician workforce requirements for 2018 and 2040: a population-based study.
The incidence of cancer (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancers) is projected to rise from 17·0 million to 26·0 million between 2018 and 2040. A large proportion of these patients would be likely to derive benefit from chemotherapy, but no studies so far have quantified current and projected global chemotherapy demands. We aimed to estimate changes in national, regional, and global demands for first-course chemotherapy and the cancer physician workforce between 2018 and 2040 if all patients were treated according to best-practice evidence-based guidelines. ⋯ None.