NEW INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN
The latest report of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) has raised the alarm in the incidence of lung cancer in women. Its incorporation into tobacco for decades has now translated into an unchecked escalation in the number of tumors diagnosed in women. They are already the third most frequent in them, when a few years ago they hardly appeared among the top ten. The mortality associated with this cancer, in addition, means that although the cases diagnosed are far from those of the breast and colon, the number of deaths is less so.
The latest report of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) has raised the alarm in the incidence of lung cancer in women. Its incorporation into tobacco for decades has now translated into an unchecked escalation in the number of tumors diagnosed in women. They are already the third most frequent in them, when a few years ago they hardly appeared among the top ten. The mortality associated with this cancer, in addition, means that although the cases diagnosed are far from those of the breast and colon, the number of deaths is less so. 12 / 2 / 2019
