cancers: one in two cases could be avoided

Cancers: one in two cases could be avoided

January 4, 2025

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Cancers are caused by many factors. While there is little that can be done about the aging of the population, half of them could be prevented.

Screening

Screening is a preventive action.

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This article is from the magazine Les Dossiers de Sciences et Avenir ndeg220 dated January/March 2025.

Between surgery, targeted treatments, radiotherapy or immunotherapies – which strengthen or reactivate the immune system – the anti-cancer arsenal has been greatly strengthened in a few decades. And it shows. For twenty-five years, mortality from cancer has been constantly decreasing, according to the National Cancer Institute (Inca). But if we look at the number of cases, the trend is upward: between 1990 and 2023, it has doubled. It is time to tackle prevention.

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