According to a new estimate by the Robert Koch Institute in 2016 were diagnosed in Germany, around 492.000 cancer. For the year 2020, the researchers predict a rise to around 510,000 cases, mainly due to the ageing population.
Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide, as well as in Germany. By far the most common malignant tumors affecting the breast, prostate, colon and lung. "Fortunately, we have observed for many types of cancer, lower rates of Illness, but, nevertheless, the total number of cancer increases diseases due to the ageing of the society,” says Lothar H. Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
The new data of the RKI to make increasing incidence rates for individual cancer types are visible, signal the need for research on cover of prevention potential, to check the effect of screening programmes or the effects of prevention measures, such as, for example, by vaccination against Human papilloma virus (HPV).
Üsurvival rate greatly of the nature of the tumor abhäregardless
For the first time, information about small intestine cancer and anal cancer are now available. Both tumor types are relatively rare, show recently but the rise in incidence and mortality rates. Also new Federal-wide data on the distribution according to tumor stage and survival rates in dependence of tumor stage at time of Diagnosis. The prospects of Survival (five years after diagnosis) are to a large extent on the nature of the tumor is dependent. They range from under 20 percent for malignant tumors of the lung, liver, and pancreas up to 90 percent for malignant melanoma of the skin, testicular cancer and prostate cancer.
The centre for cancer registry data at the Robert Koch Institute and the society of epidemiological Cancer registries in Germany to publish “cancer in Germany” every two years. The report is complemented by the website www.krebsdaten.de there are also database queries are possible.
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