Progress Against Cancer in Kuwait: Trends in Incidence, Survival and Mortality.

Increasing survival, alongside falling incidence and mortality rates, represents progress in cancer control, attributable to effective prevention (e.g. tobacco control and lung cancer) and early diagnostic activity (e.g. mammography for breast cancer), or better treatment (e.g. childhood ALL). The increasing prevalence of obesity, linked to rising incidence for breast and colon cancers, suggests the need for public health prevention campaigns.