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Following the usual pattern in men, prostate cancer led the diagnosis, while in women breast cancer continued to be the most common
Cancer incidence decreased in 2022 following the changes caused by the pandemic and reached the values of 2019. Porto, Braga and Lisbon districts with higher incidence rates.
Incidence again decreased after the changes caused by the covid-19 pandemic
"The results show that after the changes caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the incidence in 2022 decreased and reached the values observed in 2019. However, a growing trend in colon cancer and malignant melanoma in both sexes, as well as cancer of the challenge and rime in men," said RON coordinator Maria José Bento. In 2022 new cases of cancer were registered in Portugal 60.954 cases, which corresponds to an incidence rate of 579.6 cases per 100…
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