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The long road towards cancer prevention: 4 steps backward and 8 forward
Andrew G RenehanIsabelle SoerjomataramJan Willem CoeberghJose M. Martin-morenosubject
Cancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyHealth PromotionOccupational safety and healthBreast cancerSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingRisk FactorsNeoplasmsMedicinemedia_common.cataloged_instanceHumansSocial inequalityEuropean UnionEuropean unionIntensive care medicineLife StyleHealth policymedia_commonCancer preventionbusiness.industryCancermedicine.diseaseSurgeryEuropeHealth promotionOncologybusinessdescription
At the same time andpartly as a consequence, prevalence of cancer has been risingfrom about 1.5% to 3%, especially in people of higher SES.Thus, despite better diagnoses and treatments to patients,the cancer burden is still increasing. A variety of strategieswhich integrate disease prevention policies across a widerpopulation are needed to deliver better global results: oncol-ogy might be making progress in detection and treatmentbut losing ground in prevention.This narration is not new. The ‘Europe against Cancer’ pro-gramme, which ran from 1986 to about 2002,
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| 2010-01-01 |