They claim that every hour 14 people are diagnosed with cancer in Argentina

The report, released Monday on the occasion of World Cancer Day, also indicated that Argentina had a medium to high incidence worldwide, while the case percentages are similar in both bades : 269 ​​new diagnoses per year per 100,000 men and 290 per 100,000 women.

Regarding the most common type, INC stated that in 2018 bad cancer accounted for 17% of all malignant tumors detected (21,000 cases) and nearly one-third of female cancers.

Follow-up of colorectal cancer, with 15,692 cases (13% of total), prostate and lung, each representing 9.3% of tumors detected.

The report also showed that, according to estimates by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 6.8% (7,600) of the cases registered in the country "are related to obesity".

In the meantime, 9.8% (11,000) are linked to ten infectious agents: a bacterium (Helicobacter pylori), six viruses (hepatitis B and HPV), and three parasites (Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis) . and Schistosoma haematobium).

In addition, IARC found that in Argentina, 52.8% of cases of melanoma, a very aggressive skin cancer, were attributable to exposure to UV rays.

With regard to the most deadly cancers, the report says that in 2018, lung cancer was the leading place with 10,662 deaths, or 16% of deaths due to this disease in both bades, while It accounted for 19. 2% of the total for men.

Colorectal cancer is ranked second with 12.8% of deaths (8,721), while bad cancer ranks third with 6,380. The report states that "while considering both bades, the pathology accounted for 9.3% of deaths, compared to 19.2% among women ".

They are followed by cancers of the pancreas (4,683) and prostate (3,974), which represent respectively 6.9% and 5.8% of deaths, according to the INC.