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Cancer-related mortality in Peru: Trends from 2003 to 2016

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dc.contributor.author Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae
dc.contributor.author Tenorio Mucha, Janeth Marilyn
dc.contributor.author Villarreal-Zegarra, David
dc.contributor.author Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín
dc.contributor.author Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-14T16:11:09Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-14T16:11:09Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8860
dc.description.abstract Objectives: In the last decade, Latin American (LA) countries, like Peru, have undergone an epidemiological transition that has changed the pattern of oncological cases. Given that Peru's oncological pattern could illustrate those of other LA countries, we aimed at determining trends and changes in cancer-related mortality by age and sex in Peru between 2003 and 2016. Methods and results: A secondary data analysis using national deaths registries was conducted. Categories were created according to the 27 most frequent sites of presentation of cancer. We found that deaths attributed to cancer increased from 15.4% of all deaths in 2003 to 18.1% in 2016 (p<0.001). According to the cancer site, stomach cancer (19.1%) and lung cancer (11.5%) were the most frequent causes of death overall. In childhood (0 to 14 years), the two most frequent fatal cancers were leukemia (54.6% for boys and 53.5% for girls) and brain and nervous system tumors (19.4% for boys and 20.3% for girls). For teenagers and young male adults (15-49 years), stomach cancer (18.1%) and brain cancer (17.4%) were the leading causes of death; in their female counterparts, cervix uteri (20.0%) and breast cancer (16.1%) were the most mortal cancers. In adults (≼50 years), stomach (20.9% for men and 18.6% for women) and lung (12.7% for men and 10.4% for women) were the leading contributors to the burden of cancer deaths. Conclusions Between the years 2003 and 2016, almost one fifth of deaths were attributed to cancer in Peru. Absolute and relative number of deaths due to cancer has increased in this period for both men and women; however, standardized mortality rates due to cancer have declined. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Lung and intrathoracic tumors en_US
dc.subject Breast cancer en_US
dc.subject Prostate cancer en_US
dc.subject Gastric cancer en_US
dc.subject Death rates en_US
dc.subject Cervical cancer en_US
dc.subject Uterine cancer en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.title Cancer-related mortality in Peru: Trends from 2003 to 2016 en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228867
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.21
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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