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Título:
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Cancer-related mortality in Peru: Trends from 2003 to 2016
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Autores:
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Zafra-Tanaka, J.H. ;
Tenorio-Mucha, J. ;
Villarreal-Zegarra, D. ;
Carrillo-Larco, R. ;
Bernabé-Ortiz, A.
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texto impreso
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Public Library of Science, 2020-12-14T16:11:09Z
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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Resumen:
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Objectives: In the last decade, Latin American (LA) countries, like Peru, have undergone an epidemiological transition that has changed the pattern of oncological cases. Given that Peru's oncological pattern could illustrate those of other LA countries, we aimed at determining trends and changes in cancer-related mortality by age and sex in Peru between 2003 and 2016. Methods and results: A secondary data analysis using national deaths registries was conducted. Categories were created according to the 27 most frequent sites of presentation of cancer. We found that deaths attributed to cancer increased from 15.4% of all deaths in 2003 to 18.1% in 2016 (p
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En línea:
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http://repositorio.upch.edu.pe/handle/upch/8860
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