Upper gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic, liver, stomach, oesophageal and biliary cancers, have surpassed lung cancer as Australia's leading cause of cancer-related deaths, accounting for 9,301 deaths in 2024 compared to 9,119 from lung cancer. Deaths from upper GI cancers rose 35 percent between 2014 and 2024, yet only 2 percent of Australians correctly identified them as the deadliest cancer group, according to analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data and a national poll.
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Upper gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic, liver, stomach, oesophageal and biliary cancers, have surpassed lung cancer as Australia's leading cause of cancer-related deaths, accounting for 9,301 deaths in 2024 compared to 9,119 from lung cancer. Deaths from upper GI cancers rose 35 percent between 2014 and 2024, yet only 2 percent of Australians correctly identified them as the deadliest cancer group, according to analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data and a national poll.