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The region of the Mar Menor no special factors in the incidence of cancer, compared to the rest of the region, as revealed in the first day that Cancer and the Environment in the region of the Mar Menor, was held in the lounge acts of the municipality of San Javier, organized by the association iCUE Oncology and funded by the Foundation Cluster.
María Dolores Chirlaque, Epidemiology Service of the Ministry of Health who spoke on "Environmental exposure and cancer in the region of the Mar Menor", concluded that "there is a different pattern in incidence, as in development and cancer risk in the region of the Mar Menor with the rest of the region.
Dr. Chirlaque who works at the regional cancer registry said that if they have not yet completed studies on the subject "with the data that we have not seen that there is an excess risk in the region, ie no more cases than would be expected by the population. "
He also explained that in the region, including Cartagena and La Union if it has been historically observed excess mortality of some tumors related to environmental contaminants, "which was more in the past and not so much now, because the cancer that reflects the exposure times in the past. "
As for risk factors of cases occurring in the region "are shared, general as diet and snuff, which represent 60 percent of tumors", which must be added other factors such as environmental typical of the region "between those who have not been found to be factors of risk, that make more cases here."
This series of conferences that relates, for the first time incidence of cancer and the environment, ending in Cartagena on Friday 31 October, with two presentations on environmental pollution and cancer, and Sun and melanoma in the area of Mar Menor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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