Low mortality from gastric cancer in Costa Rica
En Español
Gastric cancer mortality declined by 48% in men and 43.5% in women over the past 15 years, according to the Social Security Fund ( CCSS ) and the National Institute of Statistics and Census ( INEC ) .
Experts argue that this decline in mortality due to early detection and the work of the Center for Gastric Cancer Screening . And 378 patients met the goal of surviving five years after diagnosis. However, much work remains to be done. This cancer is still the malignant tumor that kills more men and the second most kills women after breast cancer. sm.
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