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by Giovanna Manna
Umberto Veronesi Alghero during the meetings to bring up the multidisciplinary treatment of breast cancer was held two months ago said: " You should not be afraid, but not always much more than in the past you can not cure cancer, both among men and among women, "and now appears to be more convinced than ever.
Well, during this day dedicated to the National Day for Cancer Research, the Director of the European Institute of Oncology, Veronesi just says: "Do not We are still on the threshold of the final resolution of the cancer problem, but we're getting closer. "
"Over the past 30 years we have made more progress than in the three previous centuries," said the expert.
Thanks to a study supported by AIRC and FIRC which was published this year in the journal Annals of Oncology, cancer is increasingly a treatable disease.
Between the period 1990-1994 and the 2000-2004 mortality rates for 25 cancers in 34 European countries fell by 9 percent in men and 8 percent in women, with a strong decline, especially among people middle age.
Nevertheless, the data collected World Health Organization show that in 2030 people affected by cancer, will exceed 11 million and that if by then you will not find a cure to eradicate the cancer is the leading cause of all deaths.
But it is also true that 40 percent of cancers could be prevented by leading a healthy life and submitting to regular examinations and tests for early diagnosis.
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