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[Cancer incidence in a Cancer Care Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Toluca, Mexico]
Angel Gómez-Villanueva1, Jesús Chacón Sánchez2, Leopoldo Santillán Arreygue3
1Unidad de Medicina Ambulatoria, Delegación Regional Estado de México Poniente, IMSS, Edo. de México.
Introduction:
In 2000, malignant tumors were responsible for 12% of nearly 56 million deaths that occurred in the world from all causes.
Objective:
To determine the incidence of cancer in a Cancer Care Unit of IMSS in Toluca, Mexico.
Material And Methods:
Prospective cross-sectional study; we identified the primary tumor, age, family history of cancer, comorbidities, risk factors, and ECOG in patients with newly diagnosed cancer.
Results:
We identified 446 cases, 66.1% were women. The age group of age 50 to 59 had the highest number of cases (98). The most common cancers in women are breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer, and in men, testicular, prostate, and colorectal cancer.
Conclusions:
The most common cancers in both sexes were breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, and testicular cancer.