Speaking at the ceremony marking World Cancer day observed on February 4, Garrido said that over 227,000 new cases of cancer will be recorded in Spain in 2015.
Despite an increase in the number of recorded cases, mortality is declining in most types of cancer except female lung cancer. According to Garrido, the mortality rate has decreased threefold due to the recent advances in medical screening, early diagnostics and improved treatment.
Garrido also referred to the problems of unequal access to certain drugs and a lack of medical equipment in some regions of the country.
Cancer remains one of the most common death causes in Spain. SEOM has estimated total cancer incidence for Spanish females at 85,108 cases and for Spanish males 136,961 cases in 2015. Colorectal cancer is considered the most common type of cancer in both men and women in the country, followed by breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men.