Nieves Martinez Lago, Specialist in the Field (FEA) of Medical Oncology at University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, shared a post on X:
“Cancer incidence in young adults (20-49 y) in Spain
Increasing:
- CRC, GC, breast and cervical (<40 y)
- PDAC (women)
- Kidney and thyroid (men)
Decreasing:
- Lung, laryngeal, bladder and liver
Opposing trends: smoking-related, obesity-associated.”
Title: Is cancer increasing in young adults in Spain? Incidence trends from the Spanish Network of Cancer Registries (REDECAN)
Authors: Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Dafina Petrova, Jàmnica Bigorra, Alberto Ameijide, Blanca Madrid Pérez-Esparza, María-Isabel Palacios-Castaño, Marta Muncunill Farreny, María Dolores Chirlaque López, Marcela Guevara, Marià Carulla, Pilar Gutiérrez Meléndez, Susana Merino Perera, Montserrat Cristina Garrido Martín, Xitama Nayra Álvarez Díaz, Ana Vizcaíno Batllés, Isabel Martin Muñoz, Nere Mendizabal, Amaia Onaindia, Jan Trallero, Encarnación González-Flores, Jaume Galceran, María-José Sánchez.
Read the full article on European Journal of cancer.
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