US EditionGlobal warming could be driving up women's cancer risk, find researchers
- Researchers at the American University in Cairo examined data from a group of countries across the Middle East and North Africa, covering the period from 1998 to 2019, to assess how increasing temperatures may influence women's cancer risks.
- They investigated how climate change, particularly temperature increases, might affect breast, ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancer prevalence and mortality in this region.
- The research indicated that for each degree Celsius increase, cancer cases increased by between 173 and 280 individuals per 100,000 population, while deaths rose by 171 to 332 per 100,000, with significant increases observed specifically in six nations experiencing extreme summer temperatures.
- Breast cancer prevalence increased unevenly, with rises of 560 cases per 100,000 in Qatar and 330 cases per 100,000 in Bahrain, while ovarian cancer showed the greatest mortality increase and cervical cancer the smallest.
- The authors caution the study cannot establish direct causality but stress that temperature rise likely elevates cancer risk through multiple pathways, urging strengthened screening and climate-resilient health systems.
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