the signature Definitive HealthCare released the results on Most influential Mexican universities worldwide in the fight against cancer. First, the company comments that among the sub-concepts related to cancer most investigated by Mexicans, during the year 2021, are:
- Breast cancer (45%)
- Egfr-type mutations (35%)
- Brain metastases (33%)
As for the mexican cities that have been more active in research on topics related to cancer, during the year 2021, the following stand out:
- Mexico City (30%)
- Cuernavaca (12%)
- Guadalajara (10%)
The most influential Mexican universities worldwide in the fight against cancer
Among the Mexican universities that stand out statistically in terms of the number of studies and external references in oncology. They are at the top of the list the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco and the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán.
From the point of view of government institutions, the group is led by National Institute of Cancerology and the National Institute of Public Health.
Cancer in Mexico
The cancer It is the third cause of death in Mexico, with 12% of all deaths.
The The main neoplasms that cause death in our country are: lung, breast, colorectal, prostate and stomach cancer. Every year 148 thousand new cases of cancer are estimated (65.5 thousand in men and 82.4 thousand in women)
The problems in public health against the incidence of cancer are:
- Disruption of the first level of care (late diagnosis)
- Few state-of-the-art drugs
- Health system segmentation
- This translates into 60% of deaths of cancer patients
Among institutions of the Health Sector there are significant differences between mortality rates for breast, cervical and prostate cancer.
- In the IMSS, between 2006 and 2011 mortality due to breast cancer was reduced by 5% and that of cervical cancer by more than 28%.
- In the ISSSTE, between 2000 and 2008 the mortality rate due to breast cancer increased by almost 2% and cervical cancer decreased by just over 3%.
GENERAL DATA
- The breast cancer It is the most frequent, it is estimated that there are 15 deaths per day due to this type of cancer.
- Since 2006, the cervical cancer It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. It is estimated that there are 10.3 deaths per day from this neoplasm.
- In 2013, at the national level, the causes of cancer death more frequent in men were: prostate, lung, leukemia, colorectal and stomach.
- It is estimated that by 2025 in Mexico cases will increase by 50%, going from 147 thousand to more than 220 thousand new cases.
A factor that limits the detection and cancer treatment is the difficulty in accessing health services and the technology available for timely detection and treatment.
Even if he suffering is detected early, patients face other obstacles that prevent or delay cancer care, such as the lack of hospital infrastructure close to their communities, limited access to treatment or the lack of specialists to operate the technical equipment, among others.
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