European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2021 with focus on pancreatic and female lung cancer

•We estimated 7% falls in men and 5% in women between 2015 and 2021 in EU total cancer mortality rates.•Almost 5 million avoided cancer deaths are predicted over 1989-2021 in the EU27.•Pancreatic cancer should be a major focus of public health efforts, since no major declines in rates were observed overall.•Lung cancer in women still shows unfavourable trends.•Tobacco control remains a priority for cancer control across Europe. BackgroundWe...