AHPGS(Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences)
06 April 2022 Wednesday
1 of every 6 deaths arises from cancer
The cancer that has been one of the second most frequent causes of death after the chest and cardiovascular diseases worldwide turned out to be an important public health problem. A proportion of increase referring to 70% is expected in cancer cases within the next twenty years subject to increase and aging in population. The Academic Member Dr. Nurten Elkin, a Public Health Specialist of the Istanbul Gelisim University, who made explanations within the scope of the Week for Fighting the Cancer has emphasized that one of 6 deaths arouse from the cancer.
