Almost three million people in Europe receive a cancer diagnosis every year
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The figure of ~3 million refers specifically to the EU-27 (European Union), not the entire European continent. The Europe region including non-EU countries has approximately 4.47 million new cancer cases per year according to IARC/WHO data.
The most recent ECIS (European Cancer Information System) data shows 2.74 million cases for 2022 and 2.7 million cases for 2024 in EU Member States, slightly below 3 million.
The source with the closest figure (2.99 million) is the IARC Global Cancer Observatory, not the EU's own European Cancer Information System (ECIS).
The JRC news article providing 2024 data was published on 2025-12-17, which is after the session date (2026-02-09 is actually after this publication - correction: 2026-02-09 is in February 2026, so the December 2025 publication is BEFORE the session date).