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Elisabete Weiderpass, director of WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will present data proving that half of all cancers could be avoided through prevention.
Marina Pollán, directora del Centro Nacional de Epidemiología (CNE-ISCIII), explicará la situación en España
An increase of almost 50% of new cancer cases is expected in the next decades, mainly due to environmental factors, still to be researched in further depth.
On the occasion of World Cancer Research Day, the Spanish National Centre of Cancer Research (CNIO) is organizing on Monday, September 18th a session open to the public under the title How to reduce cancer risk? For prevention, first research. It will take place at 11:00 am, at CaixaForum (Madrid) with support from Fundación “la Caixa”.
The event will consist of three lectures and a roundtable discussion, all focused on cancer prevention. Research in this area is becoming increasingly relevant due to recent data:
- The global cancer burden is expected to experience a 47% rise in two decades (from 19.3 million cases in 2020 to 28,4 million in 2040).
- In the last 30 years, new cancer cases in people under 50 have shown a 79% increase worldwide.
- Nearly half of present cancers could have been prevented through healthy habits.
- Research is crucial. The influence upon cancer of certain factors, such as tobacco, are well established, but we still need to understand better the role of other variables already known to be relevant: regular alcohol intake, even in low doses, obesity, type of diet, sun exposure, air pollution and carcinogenic substances such as aspartame, among others.
Maria A. Blasco, director of CNIO, will speak about cancer research at a centre of excellence. Elisabete Weiderpass, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will present the latest findings on habits and substances that influence the risk of developing the disease, and the approaches to detect them. Marina Pollán, director of the National Centre for Epidemiology (Health Institute Carlos III, ISCIII), will comment on the evolution of cancer incidence in Spain and on risk factors in recent years.
All three researchers will take part in a roundtable discussion together with César López-Palop, who will provide society’s point of view as president of the Fundación Domingo Martínez (FDM), a member institution of the philanthropic initiative CNIO Friends. The journalist Cristina Villanueva, author of the book Unfolding Sails will conduct the event and moderate the roundtable discussion.
The event will be held in Spanish.
You can read the event programme here.
Registration:
The session will be in person, free and open to the public upon registration. Registration will be open until September 16th through this form.
Hope to meet you there!