Cancer prevention programmes in Mexico: are we doing enough?

Cancer has increased in all the countries of the world and Mexico is no exception. The recognised risk factors for the main types of cancer are reviewed and searched through the Mexican government web pages and cancer prevention programmes to tackle the risk factors in the population. The Mexican go...

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Published in:Ecancermedicalscience 2020-01, Vol.14, p.997
Main Authors: Padilla-Raygoza, Nicolás, Monroy-Torres, Rebeca, Sandoval-Salazar, Cuauhtémoc, Vera-Becerra, Luz Elvia, Patiño-López, María Esther, de Lourdes García-Campos, María, Campos, Vicente Beltrán, Del Carmen Ortega Jiménez, Mayra, Del Carmen Delgado-Sandoval, Silvia, Ramírez-Gómez, Xóchitl Sofía, Jimenez-García, Sandra Neli, Lemus, Hilda Lissette López
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cervical cancer
Consumption
Diet
Dietary minerals
Disease prevention
Fruits
Health risk assessment
Hepatitis
Human papillomavirus
Lifestyles
Mens health
Nicotine
Pictographs
Population
Prostate
Review
Smoking
Thyroid gland
Vegetables
Womens health
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Summary:Cancer has increased in all the countries of the world and Mexico is no exception. The recognised risk factors for the main types of cancer are reviewed and searched through the Mexican government web pages and cancer prevention programmes to tackle the risk factors in the population. The Mexican government, a member of the World Health Organization, shows that the main approach is an early diagnosis rather than prevention, forgetting that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Effective public programmes should be promoted to reduce preventable risk factors in the population (smoking, nutrition, obesity, diet, environmental toxicity, sedentary lifestyle) and control the non-preventable factors (genetics) if we really want to control the incidence of different types of cancer.
ISSN:1754-6605
1754-6605
DOI:10.3332/ECANCER.2020.997