Nov 18, 2025
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The incidence of this disease has increased among women and women warn that the trend is being reversed.New detection programs and advances in treatment
This cancer is the third most common in Argentina, behind breast cancer and cancer.Her condition is so severe that it accounts for about 1 in 10 new cases in the country and experts warn that it has a huge impact on women.The body of turning it has a middle course: you smoke or stop smoking if you have already accepted this bad habit.
Data from Globocan, a global cancer watchdog that tracks global statistics, shows that 13,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed in Argentina every year (9.8% of the national total).
Although it is no longer treated as a disease that affects men, today it is an attractive reason that tries to fit and breastfeed 35% of the population.
"Regarding Latin America, these figures place our country in the middle of the incidence of lung cancer. Unfortunately, there are no complete statistics on the cancer situation in Argentina in general, and there has been no improvement in this point in recent years. It is important to address policies that allow reliable cancer statistics", said Dr. Claudio Martin (MN 82958), head of the ThorIAF Oncology Institute.
Atan "Despite recent advances, it cannot be the one that with certainty during the incentive. It seems that it is stable that it is the consumption of women and verb-guarantee. Section of pulmonology and coordinator of the Cancer Exchange Program. Iab bay.
According to Globocan's latest data for 2022, lung cancer is the leading cause of death in our country, according to Globocan's latest data for 2022.This number represents 1/7 of all cancer cases in Argentina.Dr. Martin: "Mortality rate, especially in developed countries, especially for these reasons, according to the situation, according to most of them, most of the disease, and contradictions, and in the last 20 years, the number of women, especially compared to the period 2002-2015.
Cigarettes, Issued
Lung cancer is most often caused by tobacco smoking.In fact, it contains harmful substances that damage lung cells.Although smokers are the most affected, the effect of smoking on the environment is also dangerous for the people around them, who are exposed to second-hand smoke.There are also other risk factors such as environmental pollution and exposure to harmful substances (such as domestic radon) or a family history that can favor the development of the disease, although their incidence is much lower than that of cigarettes.
Dr. Claudio Martín gave a powerful projection: "Smoking prevents 80% of lung cancer."This information attacked the risk factors that most affect the Argentinian population on this date, international lung cancer day, on a podium created to promote prevention practices and attack risk factors.
"The most important preventive actions are public antismoking campaigns and medical counseling for people who smoke or have smoked. The World Health Organization states that smoking is the main cause of preventable death in developing countries," says Dr. Marrero.In addition to lung cancer, the effects of smoking are associated with respiratory diseases, heart attacks and strokes.In fact, it is estimated that half of smokers die from tobacco-related diseases and live an average of 10-15 years less than non-smokers.
All smokers are at high risk, no matter how much or how little they smoke.People who smoke a cigarette a day for 10 or 20 years have a higher risk, but people who don't smoke a day and smoke 6 or 10 cigarettes a month have a higher risk than people who have never smoked.So the message is the same: all smokers should stop smoking, no matter how often they smoke.
IAF lung specialists warn that when a lung tumor causes symptoms - such as a persistent cough, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, chest pain, sudden weight loss and dysphonia - the disease is generally already at an advanced stage.Therefore, it is important for patients who are smokers or smokers to expect and follow the early detection program using low-dose CT, which in the case of the Alexander Fleming Institute has been active since 2017. This research is currently the only tool proven to be effective in reducing deaths from lung cancer because it can be detected at an early stage.
What is the treatment?
"Great advances have been made in both diagnosis and treatment that have significantly changed this disease, which previously had a poor prognosis. Today, early detection and cure, or cure when the disease is already in an advanced stage, is possible with the help of many new therapies. There are two areas in which significant progress has been made, namely precision therapy and immunotherapies. Precision therapies target the genetic makeup of each patient. Individuals are tested to discover the mechanism that works to develop the tumor in their body. Currently, it is already possible todetect them in four out of 10 cases and choose a more effective strategy that will allow long-term control of the disease.
"Antibodies conjugated with drugs are another solid promise that is in the stage of clinical studies. It consists of an antibody that binds to a receptor on a tumor cell and carries an associated chemotherapy, unlike traditional chemotherapy, it can be released directly on a tumor cell that is not specifically targeted. Currently, these antibodies are included in an advanced platform. Medicines," says the head of thoracic oncology at the institute.
Immunity, meanwhile, allows the detection of the damage and the removal of treatment in terms of the options available today for recovery.Depending on each case, it can be used alone or together with chemotherapy.Dr. usedMartin these drugs before when they were implemented on the new International Lung Cancer Day. However, patients of the disease are improving the use.
* The Alexander Future Soperalic Special in the prevention, detection, treatment and monitoring of diseases and medical conditions.
