Israelis report declining cancer, report says

According to a report released by the Israeli Cancer Association yesterday (February 3, 2019), the number of Israeli men with cancer has declined significantly over the past decade.

The decline has been observed since 2007 among Jewish men and since 2005 among Arab men, says the report. Jewish women, on the other hand, have a similar and unmodified cancer incidence rate, the report says, and among Arab women, the incidence of cancer has increased between 1990 and 2016.

The report adds that in 2016, there were 30,569 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Israel. Of these, 10,566 were men (47%) and 14,380 women (53%). At the end of 2015, 90,661 people with cancer in Israel had been diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 (39,971 men and 50,690 women, respectively).

In 2016, there were 11,077 deaths due to cancer. Some of the most common cancers that kill Israelis are lung, colon and rectal cancers, as well as cancers of the pancreas, prostate and bladder. Breast cancers in women, Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphomas, melanoma, sarcoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, leukemia and tumors of the brain and central nervous system are commonly diagnosed.

According to bad, the incidence of cancer was as follows:

• Among Israeli Jewish men, the most common cancers were prostate (17%), lung (12.4%), colon (12%), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (6.22%), bladder (5%), , 5%) and melanoma (5.2%).
• Among Arab men, the most common cancers were the lungs (21.7%), the colon (13.2%), the prostate (9.1%), the bladder (5.1%) and non-cancerous lymphomas. Hodgkins (5%).
• Among Jewish women, the most common cancers were bad (33.1%), colon (10.2%), lung (7%), uterus (5.4%) and lymphoma non-Hodgkin's (5.3%).
• Among Israeli Arab women, bad (34.5%), colon (9.1%), gland (7.7%), uterine (5.7%) and lymphoma cancers non-Hodgkin's (5.1%).

The number of deaths from cancer declined among Jewish men (263.5 per 100,000 population in 1990, compared to 236.8 per 100,000 in 2016). Rates among Jewish women were 280.9 deaths per 100,000 people by cancer in 1990 to 256.4 in 2016.

Miri Ziv, executive director of the Israeli Cancer Association, said in a statement: "Israel is ranked 90th in the world for cancer mortality, even though it has relatively high morbidity, ranking in the 50th world rank, because of the strong public awareness, that the badociation has emphasized the importance of prevention and early detection, as well as the dramatic improvements in treatments and therapies. " The Association today marks the 4th of February as World Cancer Day.

Professor Lital Keinan Boker, deputy director of the Israeli Center for Disease Control at the Ministry of Health, added that the most common link with cancer is that of age. She explained that most cancers are diagnosed in older adults, compared to young people or children. She added, "The causes of cancer in young people are in most cases unknown. We are talking about a disease caused by a series of mutations in the cellular genetic material, which leads to uncontrolled cell division. While in the adult, these mutations develop over the course of life, young people are more likely to have conbad mutations. "In addition, exposure to known risk factors contributes to the incidence of cancer in youth, such as ionizing radiation from the sun or tanning beds, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic radiation, or infectious agents such as the papilloma virus (HPV) or the AIDS virus, obesity and smoking. "

To prepare this report, Keinan Boker and Dr. Barbara Silverman, Director of the Israeli National Cancer Registry at the Ministry of Health, collaborated and examined the cancer scenario in Israel between 1990 and 2015. They examined the invasive tumors of 0 to 44 years old. They noted that among people in this age group, cancer rates have increased among adults (ages 20 to 44). This could be due to the increasing populations of this age group, they explain. The risk of cancer in this age group, however, has increased for women, they explain.

Experts and health organizations have all focused on adopting a healthy lifestyle and reducing exposure to the risks of cancers such as smoking, smoking and smoking. 39, alcohol, excessive sun exposure and obesity. The Cancer Association said that, according to the Union's data for international cancer control, more than a third of cancers could be prevented and that one-third of cancers could be treated and cured. They were detected early. The UICC adds that about 9.6 million people die of cancer in the world each year and that the cost of cancer treatment rises to about $ 1.66 trillion per year.