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ZAGREB, 3 February 2019 – In Croatia, approximately 23,000 patients are diagnosed with cancer each year, and the disease kills 11,000 people in the country each year. The results of a global survey, published last year, show that cancer survival rates in Croatia were in the bottom half of the ranking that includes European countries. The survey covered about 220,000 patients in Croatia.
Data on five-year survival rates for 15 types of adult and three childhood cancers show Croatia's poor performance in five types.
Thus, the survival rate for lung cancer in Croatia is only 10%, the survival rate of the prostate is 81%, that of the stomach at 20%, the colon at 51%, cancer of the lung. rectum at 48% and myeloid leukemia in adults 32%.
In addition, the country's bad cancer survival rate is 79%, skin melanoma 77% and cervical cancer 63%.
In addition, the survival rate in children with cancer is comparable to that of developed European countries. In Croatia, the overall survival rate of children with lymphoma is 95%, brain tumors 73% and acute myeloid leukemia 85%.
Croatia can improve its performance by progressing in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancers. In the same vein, Croats are increasingly encouraged to undergo cancer screening, which detects cancer before the onset of symptoms.
The Croatian League against Cancer of Croatia is a member of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) which organizes on February 4 campaigns to raise public awareness of the importance of cancer research, prevention of this disease, sensitization and mobilization of the global community to make progress against cancer.
The main slogan of this year's World Cancer Day is "I am and I will do it".
"2019 marks the launch of the triennial campaign" I am and I want "." I am and I am going "is a stimulating call for action that calls for personal commitment and represents the power of individual action now undertaken to influence the future," says this international organization.
In 2018, 18 million new cases of cancer were detected and 9.6 million cancer-related deaths were recorded.
World Cancer Day was created on 4 February 2000 at the World Summit against Cancer of the New Millennium in Paris.
You will find more information about health problems in Croatia in the Lifestyle section.
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