- Every year 195,000 new cases and 84,000 deaths from cancer are generated nationwide.
- Breast, prostate and lung tumors are the most common in Mexico.
- From its specialized team with cobalt therapy, radiotherapy, stereotactic mammography and linear accelerator machines, the 10 best hospitals to care for cancer patients in Mexico were identified.
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality in our country. Despite the various strategies that have been adopted, the trend continues to rise. For this reason, in addition to promoting a healthy lifestyle, it is also necessary to offer support to those who suffer from this disease. With this in mind, Some hospitals are considered among the best in Mexico due to their equipment and real estate, but do you know which ones they are?
To better understand the dimensions of the problem, it is enough to say that each year 195,000 new cases and 84,000 deaths are generated nationwide. Therefore, along with cardiovascular conditions, diabetes and Covid-19 are the conditions that cause the most deaths.
The most common types of cancer
Now, of all the types of tumors around 30 thousand cases correspond to breast cancer and 27 thousand are prostate. Then appear those of lung, colon, lymphomas, thyroid and cervical-uterine to make up the list of the most frequent.
The reasons that lead to the development of any type of neoplasia are many. Some are even hereditary although it is a minority. Instead, the main risk factors are addictions such as smoking and alcoholism. The current lifestyle marked by the sedentary lifestyle and consumption of ultra-processed products that lead to obesity.
The best cancer hospitals in Mexico for their team
Identifying the most prominent hospitals by specialty is not easy. To facilitate the work there is HospiRanka work created by Global Health Intelligence (GHI), leading health market research company in Latin America. His work is based on data from HospiScopewhich is the largest database in the world.
Each year it presents the results of its analysis at the Latin American level. There are more than a thousand health centers that are compared to identify the most outstanding. The most recent ones available are those of 2022.
The list with the best hospitals for cancer patients was defined based on four aspects: number of cobalt therapy, linear accelerators, radiotherapy machines and stereotactic mammography machines.
With this in mind, the first position corresponds to the National Cancer Institute (INCan), located in the capital. To date it is the most complete and best equipped in the country. While slightly below appears the University Hospital “Dr. Jose Eleuterio González from Nuevo Leon. Between them, they dominate the attention to patients throughout the national territory.
In the ranking appears in third position the Central Military Hospital and then follows General Hospital of Mexico “Doctor Eduardo Liceaga”, both located in Mexico City. And to complete the top 5 is the Oncology Hospital Siglo XXI National Medical Centeralso from CDMX.
However, the only hospitals that appear on the list and are not from Mexico City or Nuevo León are the Hospital of Specialties Puebla and the ISSEMYM State Cancer Center of the State of Mexico. Thus, one of the negative observations made is that health is centralized in our country.
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