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Cancer incidence and mortality in Uruguay: 2013-2017.

Mariela GarauRafael AlonsoCarina MusettiEnrique Barrios Herrera
Published in: Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) (2022)
Although cancer mortality has declined monotonously since 1990, cancer control is a challenge for Uruguay, wherein breast, lung and prostate cancer have very high incidence while the country must still make an effort to reduce other cancers that are very common in economically less favored countries.
Keyphrases
  • papillary thyroid
  • prostate cancer
  • risk factors
  • squamous cell
  • lymph node metastasis
  • childhood cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • cardiovascular disease
  • coronary artery disease