Study: Based on our economic situation, what cancers are we endangered by?

A comprehensive analysis of the results and cancer-related models published in “JAMA Oncology” shows that living - style cancers, such as lung cancer, horbal and skin cancer, have increased globally in the last decade. “Prevention efforts through smoking control, dietary interventions and broader health promotion campaigns should be re-edited into this increased lifestyle-related cancer”, says Christina Fitzmaurice, Washington University, one of the authors of the study. In the study, which covers the period between 1990 and 2016, researchers have examined 29 cancer groups and produced results according to age and gender for 195 countries and territories.

The estimates are made using a socio-mographic index (SDI) based on educational level, fertility and income: High SDI countries have high income and education levels, but low fertility, while low SDI countries have low income and education rates and high fertility. In 2016, 17.2 million cancer cases were diagnosed worldwide, an increase of 28% in the last ten years, and in the same year there were 8.9 million cancer deaths.

breast cancer was the leading cause of female cancer and lung cancer for males.

Prostatic cancer, on the other hand, is the most frequent cancer in men.

Major inequities in cancer incidents and disease - induced deaths are evident among high and low SDI countries. For example, the chances for developing breast cancer in life are 1 in 10 for women in high SDI countries and only 1 in 50 for women in low SDI countries. The largest and fastest growth in new cancer cases between 2006 and 2016 has occurred in countries with average SDI.

Furthermore, women in low SDI countries are four times more likely to develop cervical cancer than women in high SDI countries. The authors stress that improving access to advanced diagnostic technologies that are usually not available in countries with low SDI is a critical step towards achieving global health equality. / Will KTOR 33