AMMAN — Jordan has recorded 9,248 new
cancer cases since 2018, said Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer
Center (KHCC) Aseem Mansour, during the opening ceremony of the first cancer
research conference in Jordan, Al-Ghad News reported.
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Mansour added that 3,333 cases were among men and
3,761 were among women,
The conference, which was organized by KHCC and ran
through November 13, saw the participation of Arab researchers, doctors,
universities, and Jordanian research institutions.
The rate of cancer among Jordanians since 2018 has
been 99.4 per 100,000 people, he said. The four most common types of cancer
among Jordanian men are: colorectal (13 percent of all cases), lung (10.9
percent), bladder (9.2 percent), and prostate (7.6 percent). Among Jordanian
women, most common cancers are breast (38.9 percent), colorectal (8.4 percent),
thyroid (7.2 percent), uterine (4.9 percent), and blood (3.6 percent).
Cancer remains a leading cause of death globally,
and places a significant burden on all countries, Mansour said, stressing the
importance of cancer research to improve tools and knowledge for diagnosing and
treating the disease.
Mansour called for intensive efforts on the part of academia
and research institutions to increase the number of studies on cancer, increase
recovery rates among cancer patients, and achieve results in treatment,
diagnosis, and prevention.
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