Câncer na América Latina Perspectivas sombrias

• Autor(a) principal: Marigo, Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/2929
• topic: Neoplasias/epidemiologia; Indicadores Básicos de Saúde; Indicadores de Morbimortalidade; Neoplasms/epidemiology; Health Status Indicators; Indicators of Morbidity and Mortality; Neoplasias/epidemiología; Indicadores de Salud; Indicadores de Morbimortalidad

Cancer risk factors related to poverty in Latin America are observed as well as the risks associated with the levei of the country deveiopment. Time trends show that mortaiity rates in Uruguay, Argentina, south of Brazil and Cuba are of 20%, which are similar to the rates of developed countries. The prevalence of lung and stomach cancers is observed among males, although with no significant regional differences. Uterine cancer is first among females in less developed regions such as Venezuela, Mexico and northeast of Brazil, while breast cancer is first in more developed regions like Uruguay, Argentina and south of Brazil. Colorectal cancer has shown epidemical features in more developed regions, both in females and males. Moreover, a significant ocurrence of gallbladder cancer among females in Western countries, specially Chile, and esophageal cancer among males in Southeast countries such as Uruguay, Argentina and down south of Brazil, is observed. These data, added to the increasing lifetíme in some regions and the continuity of poverty in others, suggest a considerable evident increase of cancer morbidity and mortality in Latin America for the next decades.