In the next 20 years the prevalence of cancer will increase in the UK due to unhealthy lifestyles.
Data from the UK Cancer Research Center is not very optimistic. On the eve of World Day dedicated to this pathological disease, the national institute announces that cancer cases will increase over the next 20 years in the United Kingdom.
This increase will be six times greater for women (3%) than for men (0.5%), said Cancer Research UK, which attributes this increase in particular to harmful lifestyles (diet, sedentary lifestyle). He estimates that 4.5 million women and 4.8 million men will be diagnosed with cancer by 2035.
“Huge challenge”
This shift is linked to the existence of certain cancers, including those of the ovaries, uterus or breast (after menopause). Cervical cancers and oral cancers are also on the rise.
Tobacco and, to a lesser extent, alcohol also have an impact on the occurrence of cancers and the consumption of women having increased after that of men, the effects are felt more today and in the years to come, note the center.
“These new figures show the immense challenge we face both in the UK and around the world,” said Harpal Kumar of Cancer Research UK as quoted by AFP.
Diagnose earlier
Data shows that “eight million people die of cancer each year worldwide”, which is more than “AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined”.
“We hope to make great progress over the next 20 years to diagnose the disease earlier and to improve and develop treatments so that by 2034 three out of four people survive their disease,” he said. .
A wish also made by the World Health Organization this Saturday. The UN agency has issued a new Guide to help states make early diagnoses and thus improve cancer survival.
Reduce your risks
“The late diagnosis of cancer and the inability to offer treatment condemn many people to suffer needlessly and die prematurely,” said the WHO in a statement.
For Prof. Kevin Fenton, of the public body Public Health England, the most important things to do to “reduce the risk of cancer are to quit smoking, maintain a normal weight, be physically active and get tested when they are.” are proposed ”.
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