lung cancer accounted for 1.79 million deaths globally, with 2.09 million new cases diagnosed. Tobacco use is the primary cause of most lung cancers2,3, and although other methods of tobacco consumption have emerged, smoking remains by far the most common4. ...
COPDBackground: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are the leading causes of death globally, that share common risk factors such as age and smoking exposure.Aim: To determine the prevalence of emphysema in high-risk population that underwent LDCT screening for lung cancer...
Another 61-year-old patient with ILD and lung cancer underwent a left lower sublobar resection. The patient was a former cigarette smoker. The radiological and pathological findings of ILD in this patient are presented in Figs. 3 and 4, respectively. Over a 12-year period, ILD, characterised...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. It was responsible for 9.6 million deaths in 2018 accounting for one of every 6 deaths1. In Spain it was the second cause of mortality in women, accounting for 20% in 20152. In comparison with other European countries, the incidence...
Anal cancer incidence is rising globally, driven primarily by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV, especially high-risk types 16 and 18, is considered a necessary cause of anal squamous cell carcinoma. Certain populations like people living with HI
According to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) lung function criteria, 56·4% of individuals with COPD had mild disease (GOLD stage I), 36·3% had moderate disease (GOLD stage II), 6·5% had severe disease (GOLD stage III), and 0·9% had very severe disease...
Cancer Malnutrition Prevalence Risk factors Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Ethiopia 1. Introduction Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide, with approximately 17.0 million new cancer cases and 9.6 million deaths from cancer in 2018. Approximately 70% of cancer-related dea...
Globally, the DALYs associated with LDC-colorectal cancer were estimated to be 3.14 million (95% UI, 2.25–4.26 million) in 2019, with an age standardized rate of 38.2 (95% UI, 27.2–51.8) per 100,000 (Table 2). At the global level, the burden of DLC-induced colorectal cancer ...
This systematic review and meta-analysis examines prevalence of hypertension in the general pediatric population.
Compared with those aged 15–24 years, in most super-regions (except Latin America and the Caribbean and the high-income super-region) a greater proportion of those aged 5–14 years are forecasted to have obesity than overweight by 2050. Globally, 15·6% (12·7–17·2) of those aged 5...