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February 10, 2011, Thursday
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FEWER than 1.3 million people will die from cancer in Europe this year as death rates from the disease fall, researchers said yesterday. However, more women are dying of lung cancer in every country except Britain.
The downward trend in cancer deaths in the region is being driven mainly by falls in breast cancer mortality in women, and lung and colorectal cancer in men.
But the overall number of deaths could remain similar to four years ago because populations are aging and expanding, the researchers said, and the number of women dying from lung cancer is increasing everywhere except in Britain.
"Despite these favorable trends in cancer death rates in Europe, the number of cancer deaths remains approximately stable, due to the aging of the population," said Carlo La Vecchia of the University of Milan in Italy, who led the study.
Cancer death rates in wealthy countries are being reduced by better, more targeted medicines and wider use of screening programs to detect tumors earlier, making them easier to treat before they spread around the body.
The researchers plan to repeat the study to predict cancer deaths for 2012 because accurately predicting death rates can help countries plan allocation of resources and strategies for preventing, treating and managing cancer.
For this year, La Vecchia noted that there was a gap between lower cancer death rates in western Europe, and higher rates in central and eastern parts of the region.
His team used a new mathematical model for predicting cancer mortality. They looked at overall rates in the 27-member European Union and at individual rates in six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Britain.
Their findings predicted there would be 1,281,466 cancer deaths in the EU in 2011.
The downward trend in cancer deaths in the region is being driven mainly by falls in breast cancer mortality in women, and lung and colorectal cancer in men.
But the overall number of deaths could remain similar to four years ago because populations are aging and expanding, the researchers said, and the number of women dying from lung cancer is increasing everywhere except in Britain.
"Despite these favorable trends in cancer death rates in Europe, the number of cancer deaths remains approximately stable, due to the aging of the population," said Carlo La Vecchia of the University of Milan in Italy, who led the study.
Cancer death rates in wealthy countries are being reduced by better, more targeted medicines and wider use of screening programs to detect tumors earlier, making them easier to treat before they spread around the body.
The researchers plan to repeat the study to predict cancer deaths for 2012 because accurately predicting death rates can help countries plan allocation of resources and strategies for preventing, treating and managing cancer.
For this year, La Vecchia noted that there was a gap between lower cancer death rates in western Europe, and higher rates in central and eastern parts of the region.
His team used a new mathematical model for predicting cancer mortality. They looked at overall rates in the 27-member European Union and at individual rates in six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Britain.
Their findings predicted there would be 1,281,466 cancer deaths in the EU in 2011.
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