Cancer Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Autores principales:	Maria Paula Curado, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2014
Materias:	cancer incidence Latin America mortality Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1948adbd1c1548a2bd01bd5d1d9783462021-12-02T07:41:18ZCancer Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.009https://doaj.org/article/1948adbd1c1548a2bd01bd5d1d9783462014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2070https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996<div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts"><div id="abs0010" class="abstract author" lang="en"><div id="abssec0010"><h3 id="sectitle0015">Background: In Latin America and the Caribbean, the epidemiological transition has been occurring in an unequal manner. Infectious-contagious diseases share space with the increase of chronic nontransmissible diseases, such as cancer, which already represents the second most common cause of death, after <a title="Learn more about Cardiovascular System" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cardiovascular-system">cardiovascular</a> illnesses. Objectives: This study provides a global picture of the burden of cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the challenges faced when controlling this disease in these regions. Findings: Epidemiological information on cancer in Latin America originates mainly from mortality registries and from a limited number of population-based <a title="Learn more about Cancer registry" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cancer-registry">cancer registries</a>. Estimates indicate increases of 72% in the incidence of cancer and 78% in the mortality of men between 2012 and 2030, and for women the rates are 62% and 74%, respectively. These increases in incidence rates, accompanied by disproportionally high mortality rates, when compared with other regions of the world, reveal the magnitude of the challenge of controlling cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although neoplasms are among the main causes of death, the control strategies are faced with issues such as organization and development of the health system, and the public policy formulation mechanism. Conclusions: Establishing knowledge on the real impact of incidence, mortality, and survival in Latin America and the Caribbean is quite a challenge due to the lack of an updated and dynamic information system on mortality and incidence, although some improvement has been made in the information systems of some countries within the most recent decade. Other obstacles for <a title="Learn more about Cancer Control" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cancer-control">cancer control</a> are the uneven allocation of resources, lack of investments in equipment and infrastructure, and the concentration of health care professionals in large urban centers, which contribute to the reproduction of socioeconomic iniquities in the assistance of populations that suffer from cancer.Maria Paula CuradoDyego Leandro Bezerra de SouzaUbiquity PressarticlecancerincidenceLatin AmericamortalityInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 80, Iss 5, Pp 370-377 (2014)
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description	<div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts"><div id="abs0010" class="abstract author" lang="en"><div id="abssec0010"><h3 id="sectitle0015">Background: In Latin America and the Caribbean, the epidemiological transition has been occurring in an unequal manner. Infectious-contagious diseases share space with the increase of chronic nontransmissible diseases, such as cancer, which already represents the second most common cause of death, after <a title="Learn more about Cardiovascular System" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cardiovascular-system">cardiovascular</a> illnesses. Objectives: This study provides a global picture of the burden of cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the challenges faced when controlling this disease in these regions. Findings: Epidemiological information on cancer in Latin America originates mainly from mortality registries and from a limited number of population-based <a title="Learn more about Cancer registry" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cancer-registry">cancer registries</a>. Estimates indicate increases of 72% in the incidence of cancer and 78% in the mortality of men between 2012 and 2030, and for women the rates are 62% and 74%, respectively. These increases in incidence rates, accompanied by disproportionally high mortality rates, when compared with other regions of the world, reveal the magnitude of the challenge of controlling cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although neoplasms are among the main causes of death, the control strategies are faced with issues such as organization and development of the health system, and the public policy formulation mechanism. Conclusions: Establishing knowledge on the real impact of incidence, mortality, and survival in Latin America and the Caribbean is quite a challenge due to the lack of an updated and dynamic information system on mortality and incidence, although some improvement has been made in the information systems of some countries within the most recent decade. Other obstacles for <a title="Learn more about Cancer Control" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cancer-control">cancer control</a> are the uneven allocation of resources, lack of investments in equipment and infrastructure, and the concentration of health care professionals in large urban centers, which contribute to the reproduction of socioeconomic iniquities in the assistance of populations that suffer from cancer.
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title	Cancer Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Cancer Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean

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