Objective: Policies being implemented to fight against noncommunicable diseases such as managing avoidable mortality and profiling avoidable mortality are commonly used as a performance outcome of the health care system. The objective of this study is to examine avoidable causes of cancer mortality in Turkey from 2009 to 2018.

Materials and Methods: Data was collected from Turkish Statistical Institute official website. Avoidable, amenable, and preventable causes of cancer deaths are classified according to the 10^th Revision of the International Classification Disease codes and specific age groups compiled by the Eurostat Task Force on Satellite Lists. Trends in gender-standardized death rates were calculated, and amenable and preventable causes of cancer mortality for male and female groups were illustrated on a heatmap.

Results: Avoidable, amenable, and preventable causes of cancer mortality in Turkey have considerably increased from 2013 to 2018. Preventable cause of cancer mortality is more intense among the male population. Increases in death rates due to malignant neoplasm of the larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung among men and cancer of the breast among females were observed.

Conclusions: The increase in cancer mortality reflected the impact of implementing preventive health policy and nursing interventions. This emphasizes the need for more effective public health policies to fight with increasing cancer mortality.