Cancer killed 107.355 people in 2010

-In the last decade increased by 13 per cent deaths from this disease, affecting one in four Spanish

– it is the leading cause of death in people aged between 40 and 79 years and children aged 5 to 14, according to data from the National Statistical Institute

-lung cancer It stands as the higher mortality in Spain with more than 20,700 deaths per year. 76% More women died of this tumor on 2001

-La Fundación echo calls for greater investment in research to curb this trend and a greater involvement of the administrations and the private sector in the fight against cancer

Madrid, March of 2012- the last report prepared by the National Institute of statistics on deaths according to cause of death Spain confirmed the bad news concerning the evolution of the deaths by cancer: in 2010 were killed in our country 2% more people from this disease, reaching a total of 107.355 deaths from neoplasms.

The echo Foundation (excellence and quality of Oncology) formed by 24 heads of service of the main Spanish hospitals has detailed that in the last decade have increased 13 percent deaths by cancer, which affect one in four Spanish. According to Carlos Camps, President of the echo Foundation, we know that the incidence of cancer is increasingly more and unfortunately, at the moment, we can not stop her. However, that we can move forward in treatments and the search for new avenues of research, to help improve the quality of life for these patients. For this we need resources, investment and a greater commitment of administrations and the private sector for fight against cancer ”.

In this sense, from ECO recalls that the Spanish cooperative groups are at the international forefront of research into cancer but have little support. The majority of the research groups are self-financing and in the long run this will not be sustainable. We must raise awareness in society of the need to invest in research in cancer ”, says Dr. Camps.

Cancer in 2010 was the leading cause of death in people aged between 40 and 79 years (42.7%) and children aged between 5 and 14 (35.7%). With regard to gender, male mortality came mainly caused by tumors (deceased 291,2 by every 100,000) and was the second biggest killer in women (175,8 cases by every 100,000) according to data from the INE. Need to do between all an effort to improve, with an eye always to the patients. The life expectancy for cancer patients has also increased and we must work to meet these survivors long ” ”, says Eduardo Díaz Rubio, Vice President of ECO.

By type of tumor, lung cancer continues the upward trend of recent years, with more than 20,700 deaths per year and is positioned as the third leading cause of death in Spain. In women, it increased by 76 per cent in the last 10 years due to its incorporation to the analysed habit. In men this increase have been 6.4 per cent. It is followed by colon cancer with 11.238 deaths in 2010 and cancers of the breast, prostate and stomach.

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