One thousand new cancer cases
are diagnosed in Italy every day, with more women than men
falling prey to the cell proliferation disease, the health
ministry reported Tuesday.
While there are 485 cancer deaths every 24 hours the
survival rate is improving, with over three million Italian
cancer survivors, 27% of them in complete remission, according
to Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin.
In 2016, 176,200 women were diagnosed with cancer (up from
168,900 in 2015), including 50,000 new cases of breast cancer
(against 48,000 diagnosed in 2015). This was due to more
screening programs as well as an increase in smoking, the
ministry said.
There were 189,600 new diagnoses for men, down 2.5% over
last year, with prostate cancer being the most common.
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