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Cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cancer mortality is reduced when cases are detected and treated early. There are two components of early detection: early diagnosis and screening. Early diagnosis. When identified early, cancer is more likely to respond to treatment and can result in a greater probability of survival with less morbidity, as well as less expensive treatment.

Cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, accounting for an estimated 9.6 million deaths, or 1 in 6 deaths, in 2018. Lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach and liver cancer are the most common types of cancer in men, while breast, colorectal, lung, cervical and thyroid cancer are the most common among women.

Cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Yet, many of these deaths can be avoided. Between 30-50% of cancers are preventable by healthy lifestyle choices such as avoidance of tobacco and public health measures like immunization against cancer causing infections. Others can be detected early, treated and cured.

Cancer in Viet Nam - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Viet Nam has about 165 000 new cancer cases and about 115 000 cancer deaths each year. The age-standardized rate of cancer mortality in Viet Nam is 104 (per 100000 population) rank 57 globally.

Preventing cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Alcohol, as classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and a Group 1 carcinogen that is causally linked to 7 types of cancer, including oesophagus, liver, colorectal, and breast cancers. Alcohol consumption is associated with 740 000 new cancer cases each year.

Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services
Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the global burden of cancer. WHO also published survey results from 115 countries, showing a majority of countries do not adequately finance priority cancer and palliative care services, as part of universal health coverage ...

Cancer - Screening and early detection - World Health Organization (WHO)
Early detection of cancer greatly increases the chances for successful treatment. The 2 components of early detection of cancer are early diagnosis (or downstaging) and screening. Early diagnosis focuses on detecting symptomatic patients as early as possible, while screening consists of testing healthy individuals to identify those having ...

Breast cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Breast cancer caused 670 000 deaths globally in 2022. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in women with no specific risk factors other than sex and age. Breast cancer was the most common cancer in women in 157 countries out of 185 in 2022. Breast cancer occurs in every country in the world. Approximately 0.5–1% of breast cancers occur in ...

FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL & CANCER - World Health Organization (WHO)
the risk of cancer development in. Oral cavity. Oropharynx. Larynx. Oesophagus. Breast (in women) Liver. Colorectum. and almost . 92 000. cancer deaths. were caused by drinking alcohol in the WHO European Region in 2018 More than . 110 000. cases of cancer in men. Almost . 70 000. cases of cancer. in women. 45 500. cases. 12 100. deaths. from ...

Cervical cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. In 2022, an estimated 660 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 350 000 women died from the disease. Effective primary (HPV vaccination) and secondary prevention approaches (screening for, and treating precancerous lesions) will prevent most cervical cancer ...

 

 

 

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