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As of 2018, esophageal cancer was the eighth-most common cancer globally with 572,000 new cases during the year. It caused about 509,000 deaths that year, up from 345,000 in 1990. [8] [12] Rates vary widely among countries, with about half of all cases occurring in China. [2] It is around three times more common in men than in women. [2]
Cancer mortality rates are determined by the relationship of a population's health and lifestyle with their healthcare system. In the United States during 2013–2017, the age-adjusted mortality rate for all types of cancer was 189.5/100,000 for males, and 135.7/100,000 for females. [ 1 ]
A 2017 review found a decreased rate of cancer, although evidence was weak. [28] An updated review in 2021 found that the Mediterranean diet is associated with a 13% lower risk of cancer mortality in the general population. [29]
Over a 45-years span — between 1975 and 2020 — improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced deaths from five common cancers more than any advances in treatments ...
Ultra-processed food intake may increase the risk of cancer, as well as all-cause and cardiovascular risk mortality. Recent data, ...
Higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids often found in ultraprocessed foods may interfere with the immune system’s fight against cancer cells, a new study says.
The most common cancer among women in the United States is breast cancer (123.7 per 100,000), followed by lung cancer (51.5 per 100,000) and colorectal cancer (33.6 per 100,000), but lung cancer surpasses breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among women. [13]
Adding table salt to your food may increase your risk of stomach cancer by over 40%, a new study shows. ... “Some have proposed that salt [leads to] higher rates of H. pylori bacterial infection ...