Nigeria, March 4 -- African countries are recording some of the fastest-growing breast cancer burdens globally, with Equatorial Guinea topping the list at a 312 per cent increase in new cases since 1990, a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study has shown.

The study, published on Monday on The Lancet, draws on data from population-based cancer registries, vital registration systems and interviews with family members or caregivers of women who died from breast cancer.

It also provides updated global, regional and national estimates of female breast cancer burden and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2023 across 204 countries and territories, with projections extending to 2050.

Between 1990 and 2023, Equatorial Guinea not...