There is a poor correlation between academic output for each cancer-type and cancer-specific mortality in Mexico (Figure 2). Relative
to their disease burden (site-specific cancer mortality as a % of total cancer deaths) in the Mexican population as a whole, lung, pancreas,
and prostate cancer do not have the commensurate representation in the research literature. In terms of research type, there is
a heavy emphasis on genetics, with some effort on chemotherapy and pathology, but little on palliative care, quality of life, and disease
epidemiology